Principal Mechanical Engineer

Duties And Responsibilities

• Design & Modeling: Lead the mechanical design of spacecraft electronics assemblies using high-fidelity CAD tools like SolidWorks or similar. Draft high quality mechanical drawings for the fabrication of designed parts incorporating the necessary GD&T.
• FEA Analysis: Perform and review detailed structural and thermal analysis to validate design integrity under flight loads and temperatures using Ansys Workbench or similar.
• Testing & Qualification: Familiarity with space environmental testing, including vibration, thermal-vacuum (TVAC), and shock testing, to ensure flight readiness.
• Project Oversight: Manage project schedules and technical risk, while coordinating with electrical, software, and systems engineers to integrate multidisciplinary subsystems.
• Teamwork: Mentor teammates, collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary teams. Perform detailed reviews of mechanical team products.
• Ability to support travel or off-site work, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program
• 9+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 7+ years with a Master’s degree
• Experience with aerospace and/or space hardware development
• Working knowledge of space electronics packaging and cooling (VPX standards) and designing for space environments
• Master’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of space electronics packaging and cooling (VPX standards) and designing for space environments
• Master’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic life with AD&D
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
• Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• 401(k) (including company match)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Leaves (Parental, maternity, and military)
• Annual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)