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title: 'Mechanical Engineer with OCONUS Travel at Swift'
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# Mechanical Engineer with OCONUS Travel at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Sterling, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-02-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/am9icG9zdDplcNeXc7jXxPWc336jLV5a

## Job description

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join a dynamic program in a world-class operations facility. The program requires a candidate who can support a broad range of fast-paced, quick reaction program requirements. The candidate will provide mechanical systems commissioning and energy related services for all phases of new construction and retro-commissioning projects by ensuring all phases of a facility’s life cycle from design to operations and maintenance (O&M). They will work with Electrical engineering and software controls to plan, draw, and implement the installation and recap of IT infrastructures. Candidates in this position will travel up to 25-30% OCONUS.

Responsibilities:

- Responsible for multiple mechanical systems, to include analysis and reporting of mechanical data and metrics
- Maintain documentation pertaining to the various projects, design drawings, technical reports, and engineering activities
- Support functionality and provide engineering analysis for the Customer’s mission critical OCONUS facility

Requirements:

- At least 5 years of mechanical engineering experience
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited ABET University in Electrical Engineering or other STEM-related field
- Analyze data from the site’s monitoring system to assist design development, site expansion capabilities, or determining inefficiencies
- Ability to calculate and develop cooling requirements for either new or existing facilities
- In-depth knowledge of mechanical equipment to include but not limited to; Chillers (air-cooled and water-cooled), pumps, computer-room air conditioners (CRAC/CRAH), Fan-Coil units, In-Row Coolers
- Develop Standard Operating Procedures and Sequence of Operations for cooling systems
- Develop and execute preventative and/or predictive maintenance plans for mission critical equipment
- Ability to interpret and design mechanical drawings and control wiring diagrams
- Diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical equipment to resolve issues or improve efficiencies
- Understanding of industry standard data center best practices and how to implement them
- Collaborate with external vendors to source equipment and material
- Engineer-in-training (EIT)
- Must be willing to support up to 25-30% OCONUS support
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience:

- Knowledgeable in power distribution systems pertaining to Data Center configurations
- Understanding of Building Monitoring Systems
- Understanding of Computer aided design software such as AutoCAD, Solidworks, and Flow-Simulation software

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.

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## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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