Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Advanced Development Projects (m/f/d)

Mynaric; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mynaric seeks a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/f/d) to design optomechanical assemblies for optical communication terminals. You will own parts from design through production, performing tolerancing, interfaces definition, and documentation. The role emphasizes independence, high responsibility, and teamwork.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of optomechanical design experience, strong CAD/PLM knowledge, and fluent English. Munich-based, challenging projects, and global collaboration await.

Qualifications

• University Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or related field.
• 5+ years' experience in the design of optomechanical systems, with knowledge of design principles and tolerance analysis.
• Passion for finding technical solutions for high-precision applications in challenging environments.
• Hands‑on mentality and willingness to build and test your own designs.
• Your design solutions reflect your knowledge of manufacturing processes and serial production.
• Solid understanding of design calculations and GD&T.
• Strong knowledge of 3D CAD software and PLM systems, ideally Siemens Teamcenter/NX.
• Results-oriented, reliable, and pro‑active individual, who works independently and responsibly.
• Absolute team player with strong organizational, communication and documentation skills.
• Good communication skills in written and spoken English.
• You enjoy working in an innovative, dynamic, and team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• You develop and design assemblies for our optical communication terminals in a multidisciplinary team.
• You work independently with a high level of responsibility.
• You create and maintain the assembly models throughout their life cycle.
• Tolerancing and verification of the systems are part of your tasks.
• You derive system and subsystem requirements and define interfaces and envelopes.
• You prepare the technical documentation including manufacturing documents.
• You perform simple strength and modal analysis for initial dimensioning of the parts.
• You excel in documenting your results and convincingly present them to the project team and in reviews.

Skills

Strong communication

Team player

Hands-on mentality

Independent work

Documentation skills

Education

University Degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

Siemens Teamcenter

NX

3D CAD software

Job description

Your way into the future

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Your way into the future

Join us as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/f/d) and work with us on changing the future!

What Awaits You At Mynaric

• You develop and design assemblies for our optical communication terminals in a multidisciplinary team,
• You work independently with a high level of responsibility,
• You create and maintain the assembly models throughout their life cycle,
• Tolerancing and verification of the systems are part of your tasks,
• You derive system and subsystem requirements and define interfaces and envelopes,
• You prepare the technical documentation including manufacturing documents,
• You perform simple strength and modal analysis for initial dimensioning of the parts,
• You excel in documenting your results and convincingly present them to the project team and in reviews.

What You Bring With You

• University Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or related field.
• 5 or more years' experience in the design of optomechanical systems, with knowledge of design principles and tolerance analysis.
• Passion for finding technical solutions for high-precision applications in challenging environments.
• Hands‑on mentality and willingness to build and test your own designs.
• Your design solutions reflect your knowledge of manufacturing processes and serial production.
• Solid understanding of design calculations and GD&T.
• Strong knowledge of 3D CAD software and PLM systems, ideally Siemens Teamcenter/NX.
• Results-oriented, reliable, and pro‑active individual, who works independently and responsibly.
• Absolute team player with strong organizational, communication and documentation skills.
• Good communication skills in written and spoken English.
• You enjoy working in an innovative, dynamic, and team-oriented environment.

What We Offer You

Have you always wanted to wear your favorite space outfit to work? Then you are exactly the right fit for us! Forget the office politics and come and work with inspiring colleagues from all over the world as you embark on an incredible journey with Mynaric to work on unique and challenging projects and make a real contribution to the future of connectivity.

We offer you permanent employment, varied areas of responsibility, and attractive employee benefits.

Mynaric is absolutely committed to being an equal opportunity employer so we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

So if this sounds like the kind of place where you would like to work then be part of the company that is changing the world!

About Us

Mynaric produces optical fiber for the skies and, as a pioneer in laser communications, enables extremely fast and secure wireless data transmission between satellites, drones and the ground. The products are used by well‑known international technology companies to build global communication networks. The emerging Internet over the clouds will connect the previously disconnected 3 billion people, bring the Internet of Things to the remotest corners of the earth and make international communication more secure than ever.