Spacecraft Design Engineer — Special Programs

Mosaic.tech; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking Design Engineers to join the Space Special Programs team at our Chantilly, VA location. You will work on core technologies, subsystems, spacecraft, and complete space systems supporting the Space Special Programs team and core mission.

This development includes but is not limited to optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors. The primary function of this role is to be a highly experienced resource to help implement and influence the team’s

Qualifications

• 2–8 years of mechanical and mechanism design experience in a professional setting.
• Experience designing systems for spacecraft and associated space systems.
• Experience in ground-up system design and any 3‑D CAD.
• Hands-on assembly, prototyping, testing, and performance characterization of mechanisms designed for 0g but in a 1g environment.
• Experience designing and building very small mechanisms, components, and systems.
• Familiarity with launch environments, testing for launch environments, range safety, and system integration efforts.
• Demonstrated creativity and “out of the box thinking” for spacecraft mechanisms with an eye toward simplicity and reliability.
• High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles.
• Strong organizational skills.
• BS, MS or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• Ability to work within our company and team culture.
• Ability to be pragmatic about problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts in a wide range of fields.
• Create solutions (with analysis, design, and experimentation) to blue‑sky engineering problems and targeted mission needs alike
• Design, analyze, implement, and test complex electro‑mechanical systems
• Maintain High level system ownership with large levels of professional autonomy
• Participate in design reviews, integration and test campaigns, launch‑site and on‑orbit operations campaigns
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
• Mentor engineers and help them learn the art of small spacecraft design and test – teach them your mistakes so they won’t need to repeat them
• Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
• Travel to test sites as needed
• Use first principles, physics, and personal experience as a basis for every decision
• Identify partners in industry to engage with, and manage early vendor relationships

Skills

Leadership

Spacecraft design

Mechanical design

3D CAD

Hands-on prototyping

Miniature mechanisms

Launch testing

First principles

Engineering degree

Security clearance

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

3D CAD

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking Design Engineers to join the Space Special Programs team at our Chantilly, VA location. You will work on core technologies, subsystems, spacecraft, and complete space systems supporting the Space Special Programs team and core mission.

This development includes but is not limited to optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors. The primary function of this role is to be a highly experienced resource to help implement and influence the team’s