Senior Spacecraft Mechanisms Engineer

firefly; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision plans

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to develop state-of-the-art mechanical separation and interfacing systems through the product life cycle.

You will join a highly skilled team involved in analysis, design, fabrication, and testing, with strong collaboration and communication as critical competencies. The role requires leading design and analysis activities, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards, and contributing to hardware development and

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical and 8+ years' demonstrated professional experience in aerospace or related mechanical engineering field.
• Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software (Siemens NX preferable).
• Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools like Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, etc.
• Experience designing and analyzing composite and metallic structure.
• Good understanding of first principles from variety of engineering disciplines (mechanical, structural dynamics, materials, fluids/thermodynamics, electrical).
• Drive for independent learning.

Responsibilities

• Participate in entire hardware lifecycle for a variety of moving mechanical assemblies and structures.
• Develop and scrub requirements
• Support configuration development and trade studies.
• Conceptual design/analysis
• Perform first-order strength and sizing calculations for your responsible mechanisms.
• Generate CAD, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other documentation.
• Production Implementation
• Hardware development and qualification test definition
• Demonstrate compliance with NASA, Space Force, or other relevant launch jurisdiction standards
• Collaborate with team to develop and improve processes related to above responsibilities.

Skills

3D CAD (Siemens NX)

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

First principles

Independent learning

FEA tools (Nastran/ANSYS)

Education

B.S. aerospace or mechanical

Tools

Nastran

ANSYS

FEMAP

Job description

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to develop state-of-the-art mechanical separation and interfacing systems through the product life cycle.

You will join a highly skilled team involved in analysis, design, fabrication, and testing, with strong collaboration and communication as critical competencies. The role requires leading design and analysis activities, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards, and contributing to hardware development and