Senior Mechanisms Engineer — Flight Hardware for Spacecraft

Cowboy Space; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

Lunch in the office

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. is seeking a Mechanisms Engineer to own a critical mechanism subsystem from concept through flight.

You will work with propulsion, structures, avionics, GNC, and launch operations to design and validate integrated systems on a fast-paced hardware program. You will perform hand calculations, FEA, and build/test validation, while producing engineering drawings and release documentation for manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years designing mechanisms or mechanical systems for flight vehicles or high-performance hardware.
• Experience taking hardware from concept through build, integration, and test.
• Strong fundamentals in structural mechanics, kinematics, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency with CAD and creating engineering drawings to ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards.
• Proficiency with FEA tools for mechanism load-path and dynamic problems.
• U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Own your mechanism subsystem from concept through design, analysis, test, and flight.
• Drive structural and kinematic design for minimum mass while meeting strength, stiffness, fatigue, and life requirements across ascent, entry, landing, and reuse.
• Balance performance, manufacturability, cost, and schedule in every design decision.
• Perform analysis — hand calculations, FEA, tolerance stack-ups — and validate predictions with test and flight data.
• Define and execute qualification and acceptance test campaigns; author procedures, acceptance criteria, and anomaly dispositions.
• Develop and maintain engineering drawings, models, and release documentation.
• Work directly on the factory floor with manufacturing to iterate quickly and resolve build issues in real time.
• Troubleshoot hardware anomalies, perform root cause analysis, and implement design improvements.
• Support launch operations, post-flight inspection, and refurbishment planning.

Skills

Mechanisms design

Structural mechanics

Kinematics

Manufacturing processes

CAD knowledge

FEA tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

CATIA

Creo

ANSYS/Nastran/Abaqus

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. is seeking a Mechanisms Engineer to own a critical mechanism subsystem from concept through flight.

You will work with propulsion, structures, avionics, GNC, and launch operations to design and validate integrated systems on a fast-paced hardware program. You will perform hand calculations, FEA, and build/test validation, while producing engineering drawings and release documentation for manufacturing.