Contract Payload Mechanical Design Engineer for Spacecraft

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

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.