Senior Mechanical Engineer

Cascade Space; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

the company in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own the mechanical integration of outdoor RF hardware and vendor components. You will manage packaging for ultra-low-noise electronics, perform alignment/tolerance work, and lead environmental testing from CAD through field install.

This onsite role requires 4+ years of hardware experience; RF/antenna is a bonus but not required; US Persons only due to restricted datasets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing and deploying complex hardware systems.
• Experience integrating electronics into outdoor/exposed environments.
• Thermal management of sensitive electronics.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical integration of vendor dish systems with in-house RF hardware.
• Package ultra-low-noise electronics for outdoor use; ensure ruggedization.
• Develop alignment/tolerance strategy and perform environmental testing.
• Lead deployment and commissioning on-site for first array; CAD to field install.

Skills

Mechanical design

Hardware integration

Thermal management

Vendor management

Precision assembly

Environmental testing

RF/antenna experience

Tools

CAD

Job description

the company | Senior Mechanical Engineer | San Francisco, CA (ONSITE) | Full-time | $150k - $190k + equity

the company is building ground-based infrastructure to support missions to the moon and beyond. Instead of single large dishes, we're building arrays of dishes combined with a digital beamformer into one large aperture — comparable to a NASA Deep Space Network 34m dish. We raised our seed round last year and this is our first mechanical engineering hire.

You'll own mechanical integration of vendor dish systems with our in-house RF hardware (feeds, LNAs, amplifiers): packaging for ultra-low-noise electronics that has to survive outdoor conditions, alignment/tolerance strategy, and structural/environmental testing. When it's time to stand up our first array, you'll be on-site for deployment and commissioning. Full arc from CAD to field install.

Looking for 4+ years designing and deploying complex hardware systems, experience integrating electronics into outdoor/exposed environments, thermal management of sensitive electronics, precision mechanical assemblies, and owning vendor/fab-shop relationships. RF/antenna experience is a bonus, not required.

Note: US Persons only (ITAR/EAR — some customer datasets are restricted).