Senior Mechanisms Engineer – Spacecraft Deployables

iO Associates; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Our Client, a pioneering startup in the NewSpace sector, seeks a Senior Mechanisms Engineer to lead deployment and actuation mechanism design for ultra-lightweight structures. You will drive the full lifecycle from concept to production with a team including former SpaceX engineers.

You will oversee analyses, testing, and integration plans while mentoring engineers and ensuring reliability in harsh environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of direct experience designing moving mechanisms, including deployables, gearboxes, actuators, or precision linkages.
• Strong experience in aerospace, automotive, robotics or similarly demanding sectors.
• Proficiency with CAD tools (CATIA or Siemens NX) and motion/kinematic simulations.

Responsabilités

• Lead the design, development, and qualification of deployment mechanisms, hinges, latches, gear trains, and actuators for lightweight structural applications.
• Perform analyses (kinematics, load paths, friction, backlash, tolerances) across the mechanism lifecycle.
• Hands-on hardware assembly and testing (deployment cycles, vacuum, thermal, cycling tests).
• Work across teams to meet mass, reliability, launch load, and orbital environment specs.
• Establish and execute integration, verification, and validation plans at mechanism and system levels.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best design practices.

Connaissances

Mechanisms design

Aerospace experience

CAD CATIA

Kainematics

Mentoring

Autonomous working

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or aerospace

Outils

CATIA

Siemens NX

Motion/kinematic simulations

Description du poste

Our Client, a pioneering startup in the NewSpace sector, seeks a Senior Mechanisms Engineer to lead deployment and actuation mechanism design for ultra-lightweight structures. You will drive the full lifecycle from concept to production with a team including former SpaceX engineers.

You will oversee analyses, testing, and integration plans while mentoring engineers and ensuring reliability in harsh environments.