Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer

World Resource News; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Catcher Industries, Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer to own the spacecraft mechanical configuration and the mass properties budget.

The role defines interfaces to subcontractors, customers and launch-vehicle hardware, and drives the drafting standard and GD&T practices per ASME Y14.5. The engineer will lead the drawing review and release process, design electronics enclosures, and mentor other engineers in a technically demanding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural or aerospace engineering or related field.
• Minimum of ten years of experience in spacecraft or flight hardware mechanical design.
• Experience owning a drafting standard and GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
• Expert proficiency in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical configuration of the spacecraft and the spacecraft mass properties budget.
• Define interfaces to subcontractor, customer and launch vehicle hardware.
• Establish the drafting standard and GD&T practice per ASME Y14.5; lead the drawing review and release process.
• Lead the design of electronics enclosures.
• Mentor engineers.

Skills

Spacecraft mechanical design

GD&T knowledge

Mentoring engineers

10+ years experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer

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October 21, 2026

Jacksonville, FL USA

Star Catcher Industries, Inc., which is building the first energy grid in space to wirelessly beam energy to spacecraft’s existing solar panels, has an opportunity in Jacksonville, Florida for a Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. As a subject matter expert, the engineer owns the mechanical configuration of the spacecraft, the spacecraft mass properties budget and the interfaces to subcontractor, customer and launch vehicle hardware, establishes the drafting standard and GD&T practice, defines and runs the drawing review and release process, leads the design of electronics enclosures, and mentors engineers. Basic qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural or aerospace engineering or a related field, a minimum of ten years of experience in spacecraft or flight hardware mechanical design, experience owning a drafting standard and GD&T practice per ASME Y14.5, and expert proficiency in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent.