Senior First Stage Mechanical Design Engineer - Space Tech

MaiaSpace; Fontainebleau; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MaiaSpace seeks a Senior Design Engineer to join the First Stage Team for stage layout and interface design. You will help define hardware layouts, perform trade-offs, and model components in SolidWorks, ensuring mass and cost targets are met.

You will collaborate with other teams, manage SolidWorks PDM data, and support supplier contacts. Fluency in English and French is expected; office in La Défense.

Qualifications

• Prior demonstrated experience on mechanical architecture activities of vehicles (automotive, naval construction, aeronautics, space industry).
• Prior experience in CAD design with SolidWorks.
• Knowledge on bill-of-material management with SolidWorks PDM or equivalent.
• Knowledge on metallic material properties and manufacturing processes.
• English level sufficient to read and write technical documentation, to perform oral technical presentation and to interact on technical topics.
• Mechanical engineering degree (+5 years post-Baccalaureate) ideally specialized in structure design.
• At least 3 years experience on the related field.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the overall definition and management of stage layout.
• Contributing to the coherence of stage interfaces.
• Performing trade-offs to identify best technical solutions to meet mass and cost targets.
• 3D CAD modeling of First Stage and management in SolidWorks PDM.
• Proposing designs for hardware to be integrated on First Stage main structures with attention to constraints (cost, lead time, integration).
• Exchanging with other MaiaSpace team members to understand constraints and needs and reach compromises.
• Contacting and selecting suppliers.
• Following parts manufacturing and accompanying methods with the industrialization team leader.
• Contributing to anomaly treatment.
• Collaborating on mechanical design activities with the team architect.

Skills

Team player

Communication skills

Adaptability

Open-mindedness

Autonomy

Motivation

Rigorous

Synthesis skills

Education

Mechanical engineering degree

Tools

SolidWorks

SolidWorks PDM

Job description

MaiaSpace seeks a Senior Design Engineer to join the First Stage Team for stage layout and interface design. You will help define hardware layouts, perform trade-offs, and model components in SolidWorks, ensuring mass and cost targets are met.

You will collaborate with other teams, manage SolidWorks PDM data, and support supplier contacts. Fluency in English and French is expected; office in La Défense.