Senior Mechanical Engineer | Space Systems Lead

AV; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 111,500 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AV provides a full suite of exquisite, space-qualified hardware trusted to fly in the most extreme environments space presents across GEO, MEO, LEO and Cislunar orbits. With hundreds of systems flying in space, our customers turn to AV when a mission can't fail.

Our team is expanding to do the big things that have never been done before - the things the nation and the world are counting on us to deliver. AV is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to lead design and analysis for diverse R&D

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering is required.
• 12 years' mechanical engineering experience in structural and thermal analysis, FEA, CAD, GD&T, or space hardware design/test.
• Strong technical writing skills for engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering design and analysis leadership to diverse R&D programs and small-volume production contracts.
• Lead the structural and thermal analysis of mechanical systems for space and airborne hardware.
• Work within a multi-disciplined project team.
• Responsible for mechanical design and analysis activity, and support integration and formal acceptance-test activities.
• Projects vary from packaging high reliability electronics subsystems to opto-mechanical mechanism design such as gimbal and steering mirror systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Structural and thermal analysis

FEA

CAD software (SolidWorks)

Tolerance analysis & GD&T

Space hardware design & test

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

AV provides a full suite of exquisite, space-qualified hardware trusted to fly in the most extreme environments space presents across GEO, MEO, LEO and Cislunar orbits. With hundreds of systems flying in space, our customers turn to AV when a mission can't fail.

Our team is expanding to do the big things that have never been done before - the things the nation and the world are counting on us to deliver. AV is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to lead design and analysis for diverse R&D