Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer

World Resource News; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Star Catcher Industries in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer to support the development of its space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and orbital power grid. You will design spacecraft mechanical systems, create GD&T drawings, and ensure configuration control throughout the product lifecycle.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural or aerospace engineering and 3+ years of hands-on design, drafting and release experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, structural or aerospace engineering
• At least three years designing, drafting and releasing flight, ground support or test hardware
• GD&T per ASME Y14.5 in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent
• Managed CAD data experience
• Spacecraft or vehicle mass properties experience and hands-on shop, lab or cleanroom experience
• ITAR requires U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency or other eligibility

Responsibilities

• Design components and assemblies in Autodesk Inventor
• Create GD&T fabrication and assembly drawings and release
• Maintain spacecraft CAD configuration
• Track mass properties against budget
• Perform tolerance stack-up analysis
• Resolve mechanical interfaces across structures, mechanisms, thermal, optical and avionics hardware
• Design electronics enclosures
• Support hands-on build and integration of flight, ground support and test hardware

Skills

Flight hardware design

CAD drafting

Mass properties analysis

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, structural or aerospace engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

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Jacksonville, FL USA

Star Catcher Industries, which is building an energy grid in space to wirelessly beam power to spacecraft’s existing solar panels, is hiring a Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer in Jacksonville, Florida to support development of its space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network orbital power grid, with responsibility for design, detailing and configuration control of spacecraft mechanical systems and components. The engineer designs components and assemblies in Autodesk Inventor, creates GD&T fabrication and assembly drawings and takes them through review and release, maintains the spacecraft CAD configuration, tracks mass properties against budget, performs tolerance stack-up analysis, resolves mechanical interfaces across structures, mechanisms, thermal, optical and avionics hardware, designs electronics enclosures, and supports hands‑on build and integration of flight, ground support and test hardware. Basic qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural or aerospace engineering or a related field, at least three years of designing, drafting and releasing flight, ground support or test hardware, GD&T per ASME Y14.5 in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent, managed CAD data experience, spacecraft or vehicle mass properties experience and hands‑on shop, lab or cleanroom experience; ITAR requires U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency or other eligibility,

• and benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k), life insurance and paid parental leave.