2027 - Mechanical Engineer I (Crewed Land)

Textron Systems

Posted about 20 hours ago

Full Time

Slidell, Louisiana

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Mechanical Engineer I will provide creative solutions to design challenges and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams on tracked vehicle and hybrid electric platform projects. They will also be responsible for creating professional engineering drawings, managing design configurations, and documenting analysis results.

Qualifications

You are pursuing or have completed a bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field. You have experience with solid modeling using NX and Solidworks, design capture via PLM systems, and creating engineering drawings per ASME standards. Experience with engine and generator integration into hybrid electric platforms and operation of measurement tools is preferred.

Must Have Skills for ATS

NX

Solidworks

PLM

ASME

strain gages

data acquisition systems

Job Description

About the Entry Level Role 

As a Textron employee, you’ll take on meaningful work from day one—contributing to real projects and collaborating with experienced team members across the business. This entry-level opportunity is designed to help you build your skills, gain exposure across functions, and grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and development opportunities. 

Who We Are 

Textron Systems serves defense and commercial customers with the combined expertise of its family of brands: Textron Systems, Howe & Howe, Lycoming Engines and ATAC. These segments offer specialized products and services that fall into several capability areas: Air; Land; Sea; Propulsion; Weapon Systems; Electronic Systems; and Test, Training & Simulation. We tap into these capabilities to deliver exceptional solutions, including product development and manufacturing, training, operations and support. 

All efforts are backed by the strength of our parent company — Textron Inc. — which includes prominent brands such as Bell, Cessna and Beechcraft. Drawing from our diverse teams of experts and harnessing the unlimited power of teamwork, we put tomorrow’s technology in the world’s hands today. 

Learn more about our products and history at TextronSystems.com.  

About This Role 

A Day in the Life of a Mechanical Engineer I:

  • Providing creative solutions to mechanical engineering design challenges
  • Working in an interdisciplinary role, collaborating with peer engineers of varying disciplines.  
  • Solid modeling via NX and Solidworks.
  • Design capture and configuration management via PLM systems.  
  • Learning how to create professional engineering drawings for manufacturing per industry ASME standards.
  • Producing designs that leverage common fabrication and assembly processes while working with internal machine shops to manufacture parts on site.  
  • Creating structural designs by leveraging theory and analysis tools.  
  • Analysis and design of tracked vehicle of varying weight classes.  
  • Engine and generator integration into hybrid electric platforms.  
  • Operation of measurement tools, strain gages, and data acquisition systems
  • Documenting and presenting derived requirements, designs, analysis results, etc.  

Qualifications 

  • What You’ll Need:  

    • Currently pursuing or have completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field  
    • Technical internship experience preferred
    • Ability to work a 9/80 schedule (with every other Friday off!) 

Why Build Your Career at Textron 

Textron offers a supportive workplace where employees are encouraged to grow, contribute, and innovate.  

Our benefits include: 

  • Competitive compensation 

  • Day-one health and wellness benefits 

  • Retirement savings options 

  • Tuition reimbursement 

  • Alternative work schedules at select locations 

  • Relocation assistance for eligible candidates 

About Textron 

Textron is a global Fortune 500 company with a diverse portfolio of industry leading brands, including Bell, Beechcraft, Cessna, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, and Textron Systems. We foster a culture where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are valued, and innovation drives real-world solutions. 

Join Textron and build a career where your work makes an impact, your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported. 

Textron Systems

Textron Systems has been providing innovative solutions to the defense, homeland security and aerospace communities for more than 50 years. Headquartered in Haslet, TX, the company is known for its unmanned aircraft systems, advanced marine craft, armored vehicles, intelligent battlefield and surveillance systems, intelligence software solutions, precision smart weapons, piston engines, test and training systems, and total life cycle sustainment and operational services. Textron Systems includes AAI Logistics & Technical Services, AAI Test & Training, AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Aerosonde, ESL Defence, Lycoming Engines, Medical Numerics, MillenWorks, Overwatch, Textron Defense Systems, Textron Marine & Land Systems and Textron Systems Advanced Systems. More information is available at www.textronsystems.com.
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