Senior Space Mechanisms Engineer: Flight Hardware

Telemetry Today LLC; Kent, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Parental Leave

Relocation Assistance

Lunch Provided

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corporation is seeking a Senior Mechanisms Engineer to own a critical mechanism subsystem from concept through flight. You will work with propulsion, structures, avionics, GNC, and launch ops to design, build, and validate integrated systems. This is a hands-on role on the factory floor with cross-functional collaboration.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering and 5+ years designing mechanisms for flight hardware, plus CAD/FEA proficiency. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years designing mechanisms for flight vehicles or high-performance hardware.
• Experience from concept through build, integration, and test.
• Strong fundamentals in structural mechanics, kinematics, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency with CAD and ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards.
• Proficiency with FEA tools (ANSYS, Nastran, or Abaqus).

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 operational-life requirements across ascent, entry, landing, and reuse environments.
• 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

Flight hardware experience

Concept to test

Kinematics

Structural mechanics

Materials knowledge

Manufacturing

NX

SolidWorks

CATIA

Creo

ANSYS

Nastran

Abaqus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Eng

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

CATIA

Creo

ANSYS

Nastran

Abaqus

Job description

Cowboy Space Corporation is seeking a Senior Mechanisms Engineer to own a critical mechanism subsystem from concept through flight. You will work with propulsion, structures, avionics, GNC, and launch ops to design, build, and validate integrated systems. This is a hands-on role on the factory floor with cross-functional collaboration.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering and 5+ years designing mechanisms for flight hardware, plus CAD/FEA proficiency. U.S.