Space Nuclear Mechanical Design Engineer

Industrious Ventures; Torrance, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Antares in Torrance, CA seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer I or II to design hardware for space nuclear systems, support development tests, own deliverables, and manage interfaces to other subsystems.

You'll lead CAD modeling, system analyses, and design reviews, collaborating with thermal, structures, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure manufacturability and scalability for a first‑of‑a‑kind space power system. On-site, full-time role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering; related physics-based field.
• 1-3+ years of space system/mechanical design experience; configuration and layout.
• Expertise with CAD (NX, CATIA) and past PLM/manufacturing planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware or deliverable related hardware as part of the larger space nuclear system.
• Drive requirements definition/decomposition, build/test cycles, defend decisions across all phases of design, take concept through CDR and onward.
• Own CAD models, manage configurations, produce drawings, DFMEA, etc.
• Support development testing, test setup, test definition, test documentation.
• Coordinate closely with other teams/people (nuclear, thermal, structures, manufacturing, quality) to ensure a system architecture that satisfies mission/product requirements.
• Develop a clean sheet design through hardware procurement and dev/qual testing.
• Support design reviews and integration/test planning for hardware, define manufacturing plan and generate work instructions as needed.
• Own or support the design of tooling/ ground support equipment and facility upgrades
• Develop and document emerging processes.

Skills

CAD

DFMEA

GD&T

Engineering analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Master’s or PhD in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA

PLM

Job description

Antares in Torrance, CA seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer I or II to design hardware for space nuclear systems, support development tests, own deliverables, and manage interfaces to other subsystems.

You'll lead CAD modeling, system analyses, and design reviews, collaborating with thermal, structures, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure manufacturability and scalability for a first‑of‑a‑kind space power system. On-site, full-time role.