Overview
On Site
$100,000 - $180,000
Full Time
Skills
Mechanical
designing
prototyping
flight validating
spacecraft
subcomponents
CAD
spaceflight
on-orbit operations
scrappiness
ingenuity
Aero space
Aerospace
Job Details
Mechanical Engineer (Level 1 -4)
Hawthorne, CA Onsite
About the Role
As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for quickly designing, prototyping, and flight validating spacecraft subcomponents and integrating mechanical systems on tight deadlines. Your highest priority is delivering functional hardware that strikes a balance between simplicity, scrappiness, analytical rigor, and ingenuity.
Responsibilities
- Deliver flight-ready critical spacecraft components
- Take hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations
- Correlate analysis of your components to ensure reliability in the space environment
Ideal Qualifications
- You have owned spacecraft components from clean sheet to spaceflight
- Extensive CAD experience
- You can teach a class on the design of bolted joints
- You know what tolerances the machine shop can hit without needing to ask them
- You have strong experience collaboratively designing complex interdependent systems
Benefits
Success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we re able.
- Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy
- Access to HSA, FSA, 401K, and commuter benefits
- Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year minimum mandatory use
- Healthy lunches provided daily
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