Senior Spacecraft Mechanisms Engineer – Hardware Innovator

Muonspace; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space in Mountain View, CA seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical direction of instrument mechanisms from requirements to launch, owning moving mechanism assemblies and DFM/DFA for flight hardware.

You will collaborate with structural, thermal, electrical teams, manage external vendors, and drive documentation, testing, and CAD work in a fast-moving startup environment. Equity is offered along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing, building, and testing high reliability hardware
• B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks preferred) for component and assembly design
• Mastery of drawings, GD&T, BOMs, FAIs, tolerance budgets, and mass budgets
• Experience with ECO/DCO processes and PLM systems
• Demonstrated proficiency leading mechanical design for complex electromechanical systems
• Experience technically leading or managing a small team of engineers and/or technicians
• Extensive documentation capabilities: build procedures, test plans, design trades, DOEs
• Experience managing external vendors for part prototyping and development
• Experience with root cause analysis efforts including data analysis and testing
• Excellent communication, presentation, and cross-functional coordination skills
• Experience with system integration and delivery of complex hardware/software systems.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week.

Responsibilities

• Have a deep understanding of Muon’s spacecraft platforms & capabilities; tailor components to meet mission needs
• Own moving mechanism assemblies, including design and analysis, component sizing, subsystem assembly, performance characterization, and lifetime testing
• Own Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA) efforts to support continuous improvement and volume production
• Create, analyze, and refine mechanism mechanical designs in SolidWorks
• Support control algorithm development and tuning, in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Contribute to development of best practices, processes, tools, and methodologies in mechanisms development
• Write new documentation and build procedures; lead mechanical portion of design reviews
• Support subsystem environmental testing campaigns including vibration and TVAC testing
• Interface and collaborate with structural, thermal, instrument and spacecraft systems engineers, AI&T and production teams, and program managers

Skills

Mechanical design

SolidWorks

DFM/DFA

GD&T

Root cause analysis

Vendor management

Cross-functional teamwork

Engineering leadership

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

FEMAP

ANSYS

PLM systems (Duro)

Job description

Muon Space in Mountain View, CA seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical direction of instrument mechanisms from requirements to launch, owning moving mechanism assemblies and DFM/DFA for flight hardware.

You will collaborate with structural, thermal, electrical teams, manage external vendors, and drive documentation, testing, and CAD work in a fast-moving startup environment. Equity is offered along with comprehensive benefits.