Senior Mechanisms Engineer — Space Deployables & Actuation

Gama Space; Ivry-sur-Seine; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equity package

Competitive compensation

Access to cutting-edge facilities

Résumé du poste

Gama Space, Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, seeks a Senior Mechanisms Engineer to own deployment and actuation mechanism design for ultra-light structures from concept to volume production. You will help shape a growing engineering team with SpaceX alumni and deliver flight-proven mechanisms meeting strict mass and reliability targets.

You will drive kinematic analyses, load paths, friction, and tolerances across the life cycle, while building prototypes, conducting tests (deployment, vacuum,

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience designing mechanisms that move - deployables, gearboxes, actuators or precision linkages - in aerospace, automotive, robotics, or a similarly demanding industry
• Multiple full development cycles under your belt: you have taken a mechanism from blank sheet to a flying, driving, or fielded product more than once
• Deep expertise in gear trains, spring-driven or motor-driven deployment systems, latching/release devices, or precision kinematic mechanisms
• Fluency with CAD (e.g. CATIA, Siemens NX) and motion/kinematic simulation tools; comfort with hand calculations to sanity-check results
• Strong analytical skills, a proactive attitude, excellent interpersonal skills and unbounded curiosity
• Autonomy, and a willingness to be fully responsible for a significant part of the finished product
• A proven track record of delivering reliable mechanisms for harsh or high-consequence environments
• A willingness to mentor juniors and provide technical leadership for mechanism design

Responsabilités

• Design, develop and qualify deployment mechanisms, hinges, latches, gear trains and actuators for extremely lightweight deployable structures
• Own kinematics, load path, friction, backlash and tolerance-stack analyses across the mechanism life cycle, from concept to detailed design and test
• Get hands-on with hardware for prototype assembly, mechanism testing (deployment, cycling, vacuum, thermal), and production line development
• Build robust, flight-proven mechanisms that meet aggressive mass and reliability targets under launch loads and orbital environments
• Define and execute integration, verification and validation strategies for mechanism-level and system-level testing
• Mentor junior engineers and serve as a technical reference for mechanism design practices

Connaissances

Mechanism design

Deployment mechanisms

Gear trains

Actuators

Kinematics

Mentoring

CAD experience

Analytical skills

Autonomy

High-consequence environments

Outils

CATIA

Siemens NX

Description du poste

Gama Space, Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, seeks a Senior Mechanisms Engineer to own deployment and actuation mechanism design for ultra-light structures from concept to volume production. You will help shape a growing engineering team with SpaceX alumni and deliver flight-proven mechanisms meeting strict mass and reliability targets.

You will drive kinematic analyses, load paths, friction, and tolerances across the life cycle, while building prototypes, conducting tests (deployment, vacuum,