US Citizens are required.
Aerospace experience is preferred.
All qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less.
Responsibilities
- Interpreting mechanical hardware requirement specifications from interfacing systems.
- Developing and documenting mechanical system requirements in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Conducting concept trade studies and providing mechanical expertise to evaluate design options.
- Planning and executing verification and validation activities to ensure the mechanical design meets all requirements.
- Preparing and presenting design progress, approach, and rationale to design review boards.
- Ensuring hardware designs meet size, weight, power, and cost budgets.
- Authoring, updating, and maintaining hardware specifications throughout the project lifecycle.
- Defining and baselining mechanical interfaces with stakeholders to ensure seamless system integration.
- Performing and/or reviewing stress, thermal, and dynamic analyses using tools such as SolidWorks and Thermal Desktop.
- Overseeing the preparation, review, and release of mechanical drawings to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with project schedules.
- Authoring detailed assembly procedures to ensure hardware is built to specifications.
- Developing test procedures to verify mechanical hardware compliance with specifications and drawings.
- Executing procurement, manufacturing, and testing of mechanical hardware to meet project milestones and quality standards.
- Contributing to safety documentation and presenting to safety review boards as required.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including electrical, systems, and quality engineers, to ensure project success.
- Performing other duties as assigned to support project objectives.
- Minimal travel required; occasional evening or weekend work may be necessary to meet project deadlines.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field from an accredited university or college.
- At least five years of mechanical engineering experience in product development for spaceflight, aerospace, or other high-reliability, high-specification equipment.
- Proficiency in solid modeling CAD software, such as SolidWorks, for designing mechanical structures, mechanisms, or assemblies.
- Demonstrated experience conducting trade studies for mechanical design optimization.
- Competent with basic engineering calculations for stress, thermal, and dynamic analysis.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with sound engineering judgment.
- Highly dependable, self-motivated, and accountable, with the ability to work effectively in a team or independently.
- U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder). Must successfully complete a U.S. government background check.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience designing, procuring, manufacturing, and testing hardware for extreme environments (e.g., space, high-temperature, or high-vibration conditions).
- Familiarity with industry standards for mechanical design, manufacturing, and testing in aerospace or spaceflight applications.
- Competence with SolidWorks Simulator and/or Thermal Desktop
- Experience with configuration management and version control of design documentation.