Lead Mechanical Engineer, Spacecraft Instrument Mechanisms

Muon Space; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid parental leave

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

Muon Space in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the hardware direction of instrument mechanisms for space systems. You will own the mechanical subsystems from requirements to launch, collaborating with engineering and instrument teams to meet mission needs.

You will work across structural, thermal, electrical, and production teams, lead design reviews, and drive DFM/DFA and environmental testing.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and testing high reliability hardware.
• B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks preferred) for component and assembly design.
• Mastery of drawings, GD&T, BOMs, FAIs, tolerance budgets, and mass budgets.
• Experience with ECO/DCO processes and PLM systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency leading mechanical design for complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience technically leading or managing a small team of engineers and/or technicians.
• Experience managing external vendors for prototyping and development.
• Experience with root cause analysis including data analysis and testing.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Experience with system integration and delivery of complex hardware/software systems.

Responsibilities

• Have a deep understanding of Muon’s spacecraft platforms & capabilities. Tailor and develop components to these platforms to meet mission needs.
• Own moving mechanism assemblies, including design and analysis, component sizing, subsystem assembly, performance characterization, and lifetime testing.
• Own Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA) efforts to support continuous improvement and volume production.
• Create, analyze, and refine mechanism mechanical designs in SolidWorks.
• Support control algorithm development and tuning, in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to the continuous development of best practices, processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in mechanisms development.
• Write new documentation and build procedures unique to the mission. Lead mechanical portion of both internal and external design reviews.
• Support subsystem-level environmental testing campaigns including environmental (vibration, thermal-vacuum (TVAC) testing) and system characterization.
• Interface and collaborate with structural, thermal, instrument and spacecraft systems engineers, AI&T and production teams, and program managers.

Job description

Muon Space in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the hardware direction of instrument mechanisms for space systems. You will own the mechanical subsystems from requirements to launch, collaborating with engineering and instrument teams to meet mission needs.

You will work across structural, thermal, electrical, and production teams, lead design reviews, and drive DFM/DFA and environmental testing.