Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer

K2Spacecorporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in company

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Diversity and inclusion focus

Job summary

K2 Space seeks a senior mechanical/optomechanical engineer to own cradle-to-grave design of space hardware, including structural, optical, and thermal aspects. You will collaborate with optical engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver flight-worthy hardware from concept through test and deployment.

In the first year you will define requirements, perform analyses, and build development hardware; later you will qualify flight hardware and support production.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of mechanical or optomechanical design and analysis in a heavy mechanical context.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, optical, or related field.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD for detailed part and assembly design.
• Experience with FEA for modal, stress, and thermo-structural analysis.
• Hands-on prototyping and testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Take satellite mechanical and optical hardware from conceptual design through analysis, prototyping, flight manufacturing, and qualification.
• Own structural, electronics thermal heatsinking, and lens mounting for subsystems at the cross-section of mechanical, optical, and electrical.
• Perform hardware trades shaping sub-system and top-level product direction.
• Lead subsystem design reviews from kickoff through qualification and beyond.
• Drive hardware development including assembly, alignment, testing, analysis correlation and iterations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish product requirements and best practices for hardware design and manufacturing.
• Maintain and refine sub-system deliverable schedules through development and production.

Skills

4+ years of mechanical/optomechanical

3D CAD proficiency

FEA / modal & thermo-structural

Hands-on prototyping & testing

Self-motivated communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, optical, or other relevant engineering

Tools

Siemens NX CAD

Finite Element Analysis software

Job description

K2 Space seeks a senior mechanical/optomechanical engineer to own cradle-to-grave design of space hardware, including structural, optical, and thermal aspects. You will collaborate with optical engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver flight-worthy hardware from concept through test and deployment.

In the first year you will define requirements, perform analyses, and build development hardware; later you will qualify flight hardware and support production.