Mechanical Engineer

Austincc; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Austincc in Southern Texas is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design, analyze, and build hardware for aerospace launch systems. You will own the design and development of next generation launch vehicles, launch pads, and production lines.

This role emphasizes turning system requirements into hardware concepts, performing hand calculations and FEA, and iterating manufacturing processes in a fast-paced environment while collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics.
• 1+ years of mechanical or fluids design, analysis, or build experience (internships and school projects qualify).

Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of next generation launch vehicles, launch pad and production lines.
• Transform system requirements into hardware concepts and trade implementation options.
• Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs.
• Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure hardware integrates with all internal systems and supports mission operations.
• Participate in design reviews internally and with suppliers and customers.
• Partner with engineering and production teams to generate ideas, designs, and improvements for current and next-generation vehicles.
• Own large business outcomes.

Skills

Mechanical design

Fluids design

FEA

Data-driven decisions

Trade studies

First principles

Education

Bachelor's degree

MS/PhD preferred

Job description

Position: Mechanical Engineer

Location: Southern Texas

Duration: FTE

Job Description

• Our team is building high performance flight hardware, a high-volume rocket production line, and a launch system that can rapidly and reliably launch and land our rockets.
• Our mechanical engineers are responsible for designing, analyzing, and building all of the hardware across aerospace vehicles.
• Expect a dynamic role doing what you’re best at. Whatever your skill set, you’ll be aligned to the part of the program you’re most effectively able to contribute to (design, analysis, test, structures, fluids, manufacturing, tooling, machine design, etc.).
• If you are a high performing engineer, want to immerse yourself in never-before-solved challenges, and are excited to put in the effort to make this goal a reality, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of next generation launch vehicles, launch pad and production lines
• Transform system requirements into hardware concepts and trade implementation and architecture options
• Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs
• Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure hardware integrates with all internal systems and supports necessary mission operations
• Participate in design reviews internally and with suppliers and customers
• Partner with engineering and production teams to generate ideas, designs, and improvements for current and next-generation vehicles
• Own large business outcomes

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
• 1+ years of mechanical or fluids design, analysis, or build experience (internship and school projects experience qualify)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master's or PhD in an engineering or physics discipline
• Strong ability to use data and analysis to make fast data-driven decisions
• Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information. Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals
• Experience working at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints
• Excelled in ultra-competitive environments. You’ve nailed a podium finish in engineering, math, or science competitions, achieved scores in the top percentile of scholastic or standardized tests, or demonstrated other incredible feats of intellectual achievement
• Experience building hardware or having a passion for contributing to a work product that operates in the real world
• Succeeded in multiple endeavors at once; maybe you worked through college, were a student athlete, or demonstrated strong work or academic performance in multiple fields
• Demonstrated rapid growth, you’ve held successive positions of increasing responsibility within an organization, were able to get yourself up to speed at a heroic pace, and accomplished something meaningfully difficult early in your career
• Demonstrated resilience and the ability to overcome failure or extreme odds. Many critics would say that our goals are impossible, but this isn’t the first time we’ve proven that highly improbable goals like reusable rockets can become possible