Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer — Hands-on Flight Hardware

Katalyst Space Technologies; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option plan

Relocation bonus

Medical, vision, dental

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Job summary

Katalyst Space Technologies is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to design, analyze, and test spacecraft mechanical systems in a collaborative team. You will own tasks from concept through hardware fabrication and test, interfacing with avionics, propulsion, software, and mission operations.

The role emphasizes hands-on CAD work, data-driven decision-making, and clear technical communication. A US-based, on-site work environment with opportunities for growth in a demanding space program is

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree completed or expected before start date in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
• Strong grounding in mechanics, statics and dynamics, structures, materials, machine design, heat transfer, manufacturing.
• Hands-on mechanical engineering experience through internships, research, student teams, capstone projects, labs or prior jobs.
• Ability to break down ambiguous mechanical problems and validate work through analysis, prototype, test or data.
• Clear written and verbal technical communication describing what was designed, modeled, built, or tested.
• Willingness to learn new spacecraft hardware, materials, processes, and tools quickly in a dynamic program.
• Ability to collaborate with avionics, GNC, propulsion, software, systems, manufacturing, and mission-operations engineers.
• Comply with export-control requirements and customer-access restrictions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, analysis, development, manufacturing, integration, test, and operation of spacecraft mechanical systems.
• Own mechanical engineering problems from requirements through CAD, analysis, drawing release, fabrication, and test.
• Work hands-on with CAD, drawings, prototypes, flight hardware, and test equipment.
• Participate in design reviews, hardware builds, test campaigns, anomaly investigations, and mission readiness.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to understand interfaces and system-level impacts on performance.
• Build engineering judgment by comparing calculations with inspection data and hardware results.
• Document requirements, interfaces, calculations, CAD, drawings, tolerances, and decisions for review and reuse.
• Progress from supervised tasks to independent responsibility as capability grows.
• Support mission execution by translating objectives into mechanical designs, analyses, and test plans.

Skills

Mechanical design

CAD

Systems integration

Diagnostics and testing

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Robotics or related field

Tools

CAD

Analysis tools

GD&T

Job description

Katalyst Space Technologies is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to design, analyze, and test spacecraft mechanical systems in a collaborative team. You will own tasks from concept through hardware fabrication and test, interfacing with avionics, propulsion, software, and mission operations.

The role emphasizes hands-on CAD work, data-driven decision-making, and clear technical communication. A US-based, on-site work environment with opportunities for growth in a demanding space program is