Mechanical Engineer

Inflection Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Inflection Space Systems is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to own spacecraft structures, mechanisms, ground support equipment, and mechanical integration. This full-time, onsite role is based at Inflection's HQ in Los Angeles, CA.

You will design structures and packaging, create CAD models, manage vendors, and lead prototype builds with environmental testing. Join a hands-on team driving the industrialization of space.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience delivering complex hardware.
• Experience with CAD, drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with spacecraft structures, mechanisms, packaging.
• Hands-on assembly and testing from design through qualification and delivery of flight-ready hardware.
• Willingness to get hands-on and learn new things.

Responsibilities

• Own spacecraft structures, mechanisms, and mechanical integration from requirements through flight hardware fabrication and test.
• Design spacecraft structures, mechanisms, and component packaging; create CAD models, drawings, and tolerance analyses.
• Manage vendors and subcontractors.
• Lead prototype builds, mechanical assembly integration, and environmental testing; diagnose and resolve hardware anomalies as they arise.
• Select materials and manufacturing processes to reduce cost and simplify assembly.
• Design for reliable, repeatable production.

Skills

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Mechanical design

Hands-on ownership

Tools

CAD

Job description

Inflection is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to own spacecraft structures, mechanisms, ground support equipment, and mechanical integration. This role reports directly to the CTO. This is a full-time, onsite role based out of Inflection's HQ in Los Angeles, CA.

What you'll do

• Own spacecraft structures, mechanisms, and mechanical integration from requirements through flight hardware fabrication and test.
• Design spacecraft structures, mechanisms, and component packaging; create CAD models, drawings, and tolerance analyses.
• Manage vendors and subcontractors.
• Lead prototype builds, mechanical assembly integration, and environmental testing; diagnose and resolve hardware anomalies as they arise.
• Select materials and manufacturing processes to reduce cost and simplify assembly.
• Design for reliable, repeatable production.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience delivering complex hardware.
• Experience in CAD, engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with spacecraft structures, mechanisms, and component packaging.
• Hands-on assembly and testing skills, with demonstrated ownership from design through qualification and delivery of flight-ready hardware.
• The ability to get hands-on, and an appetite to learn new things.

About Inflection Space Systems

Inflection Space Systems is redefining how spacecraft are designed and manufactured. The company was founded on the belief that humanity's future in space will be defined by scale: tens of thousands of spacecraft operating across many orbits to unlock abundance for humanity. Inflection exists to make this scale real, by mass manufacturing spacecraft using the same supply chains and technologies already utilized by established, high-volume industries. If you are passionate about the industrialization of space, an expert in your field, and not afraid to get your hands dirty, Inflection may be the place for you.