Airborne Payload Mechanical Designer | Equity + Impact

Matter Intelligence; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Matter Intelligence in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Mechanical Designer focused on airborne payload hardware. This role turns engineering concepts into detailed, manufacturable designs and supports hardware from early packaging through fabrication, assembly, integration, and flight testing.

You will create 3D CAD designs and BOMs, translate constraints into packaging solutions, perform tolerance analyses, select materials, and ensure designs meet performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics with at least five years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with at least three years of experience.
• Proficiency with NX or equivalent CAD tool and GD&T.
• Experience designing optical-system components and collaborating with multiple engineering teams.
• Hands-on prototyping, metrology, testing, and verification of optomechanical assemblies.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain detailed 3D CAD mechanical designs, assemblies, drawings, and BOMs for airborne payload hardware.
• Translate constraints into practical packaging and perform basic thermal/structural analyses.
• Collaborate with optical, electrical, and systems engineers to optimize designs for manufacturability and cost.
• Support prototype builds, metrology, test fixtures, integration, and flight testing.
• Maintain configuration discipline and incorporate lessons from fabrication and flight operations.

Skills

Precision mechanical design

ASME Y14.5-2018 GD&T

Technical communication

Prototyping & metrology

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

NX CAD

Job description

Matter Intelligence in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Mechanical Designer focused on airborne payload hardware. This role turns engineering concepts into detailed, manufacturable designs and supports hardware from early packaging through fabrication, assembly, integration, and flight testing.

You will create 3D CAD designs and BOMs, translate constraints into packaging solutions, perform tolerance analyses, select materials, and ensure designs meet performance and reliability.