Mechanical Engineering Lead, Assembly and Production

Position Description

About TechSource

TechSource, a Salas O'Brien company, is a nationally recognized engineering and scientific company specializing in the management and technical delivery of large-scale nuclear and high-technology projects with numerous federal agencies, helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects nationwide.

We provide direct access to hundreds of experts and industry leaders in the nuclear sciences, non-proliferation technologies, accelerator physics, and systems engineering arenas with offices in Washington DC, SC, TX, TN, and NM. Our outstanding technical service has earned the company a client retention rate of over 95 percent.

As an employee-owned company, we work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients. TechSource is a recent DOE Small Business of the Year recipient and eleven-time Inc. 5000 winner.

About This Role

TechSource is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead will support the Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Program and the Scorpius accelerator project. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the Department of Energy's most significant accelerator initiatives at a pivotal moment.

The selected candidate will help bridge decades of technical knowledge developed in Los Alamos with the expansion of long-term program capabilities in Las Vegas. Working closely with LANL technical leadership, this individual will serve as a hands-on engineering leader responsible for technical execution, knowledge transfer, team development, and operational excellence.

This position is ideal for a highly respected engineer who enjoys remaining technically engaged while leading people, mentoring staff, solving complex engineering challenges, and helping establish the foundation for a program expected to span multiple decades.

Reporting directly to the Group Leader, this individual will help build and develop a growing engineering team while serving as a trusted technical resource for project leadership, engineers, operators, and stakeholders across the Scorpius enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and engineering oversight for accelerator systems, engineering operations, and program execution activities supporting the Scorpius ASD mission.
• Serve as a primary interface between Los Alamos National Laboratory technical teams and Las Vegas-based program personnel to ensure successful knowledge transfer, technical consistency, and mission alignment.
• Develop subject matter expertise across accelerator systems, assembly activities, operational readiness, engineering processes, and system integration efforts.
• Mentor engineers, technologists, and operations personnel while helping establish a culture of technical excellence, disciplined operations, and continuous learning.
• Support planning, scheduling, resource loading, prioritization, and execution of engineering activities to meet program objectives.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, quality personnel, operations staff, and customers to resolve technical issues and maintain program performance.
• Lead technical reviews, design discussions, readiness activities, risk assessments, and operational planning efforts.
• Assist with development of engineering processes, work packages, procedures, training programs, and operational documentation.
• Support configuration management, engineering change processes, system testing, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Participate in strategic planning activities that support long-term program growth and future mission execution.
• Provide technical guidance during system troubleshooting, maintenance, assembly, integration, and operational activities.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention of engineering personnel as the organization expands.

This role will require consistent travel to the Los Alamos, New Mexico office for the first 1-2 years of the project. Please consider this when applying to the job.

How to Be Successful

• Lead by example through technical credibility, operational discipline, and strong engineering judgment.
• Balance strategic leadership responsibilities with day-to-day technical engagement.
• Build trust and credibility across multiple organizations and stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrate the ability to mentor developing engineers while influencing senior technical leaders.
• Effectively communicate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Remain adaptable in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve with program needs.
• Drive accountability while fostering collaboration and team development.
• Maintain a strong commitment to safety, quality, mission execution, and continuous improvement.

Why Join TechSource

This position offers a rare opportunity to help shape the future of a nationally significant accelerator program from its early stages while leveraging lessons learned from more than a decade of engineering development and execution. The successful candidate will play a key leadership role in building the next generation of technical capability supporting one of the nation's most important scientific and national security missions.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible engineering experience supporting complex technical, scientific, defense, nuclear, aerospace, accelerator, or high-consequence systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, projects, or operational organizations.
• Experience supporting system integration, testing, commissioning, manufacturing, operations, or large-scale technical programs.
• Experience with project planning, scheduling, resource management, and execution of technically complex work.
• Strong communication, leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.
• Experience supporting accelerator systems, pulsed power systems, high-voltage systems, diagnostics, advanced scientific facilities, or national laboratory programs.
• Experience supporting Department of Energy, NNSA, national laboratory, defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of Conduct of Engineering, Conduct of Operations, Configuration Management, Readiness Processes, Integrated Safety Management, and Quality Assurance principles.
• Experience leading startup, commissioning, production, or operational readiness activities.
• Professional Engineer (PE), PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or related professional certification.