Contract Payload Mechanical Design Engineer

EVONA; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a contract Payload Mechanical Design Engineer for a 6-12 month assignment at 40 hours per week. You will design liners and retention geometry, bring customer payload CAD into the vehicle model, and ensure mounting survives launch.

You’ll work mainly in Siemens NX, producing fabrication drawings and collaborating with the payload lead and harness team to integrate payloads for flight hardware and ground support equipment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or similar.
• 5+ years in mechanical design of spacecraft or comparable flight hardware.
• Strong Siemens NX (Unigraphics) experience.
• Experience producing fabrication drawings for flight hardware, fixtures or GSE.
• Understanding of designing for launch loads.

Responsibilities

• Design liners and retention geometry to hold payload components in place through launch.
• Bring customer payload CAD into the vehicle model and evaluate where it fits and how it mounts.
• Run packaging and integration concept studies across several payloads.
• Redesign components of test equipment and ground support equipment.
• Produce fabrication drawings to get parts made.
• Work directly with the payload lead and the integration and harness engineers on the team.

Skills

Siemens NX (Unigraphics)

Mechanical design experience

GSE design

Fabrication drawings

Education

Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or similar

Tools

Teamcenter

Job description

Open hourly rate

6-12 month contract - 40 hours per week

A fast-growing commercial space company that designs, builds and flies its own reentry capsules is hiring a contract Payload Mechanical Design Engineer. Each capsule carries several hosted payloads for government and commercial customers, and each one needs designing into the vehicle and holding in place through launch.

You’ll work mainly in NX, taking customer payload CAD and turning it into hardware that fits, survives launch and can be built.

What you’ll be doing

• Design liners and retention geometry to hold payload components in place through launch
• Bring customer payload CAD into the vehicle model and evaluate where it fits and how it mounts
• Run packaging and integration concept studies across several payloads
• Redesign components of test equipment and ground support equipment
• Produce fabrication drawings to get parts made
• Work directly with the payload lead and the integration and harness engineers on the team

What you’ll need

• Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or similar
• 5+ years in mechanical design of spacecraft, payloads or comparable flight hardware
• Strong Siemens NX (Unigraphics) experience
• Experience producing fabrication drawings for flight hardware, fixtures or GSE
• Understanding of designing for launch loads
• US person and eligible to work on ITAR-controlled programs

Nice to have

• Payload accommodation or mechanical packaging experience
• GSE and test fixture design
• Experience on hardware that went through vibration and environmental testing
• Teamcenter
• Start-up experience designing and building hardware at pace