Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer — Prototyping to Flight

Reflect Orbital; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% coverage of medical/dental/vision

Access to HSA, FSA, and 401(k)

Unlimited paid time off

Healthy lunches provided daily

Job summary

Reflect Orbital in Hawthorne, California, seeks a Mechanical Engineer to design and validate spacecraft subcomponents. You will be responsible for delivering critical hardware while managing tight deadlines and ensuring reliability in space environments.

The ideal candidate has 4-6 years of design experience, extensive CAD knowledge, and a collaborative approach to complex system design. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage and unlimited paid time off.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of mechanical design experience, ideally on flight hardware.
• Experience owning spacecraft components from clean-sheet to spaceflight.
• Strong CAD skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver flight-ready critical spacecraft components.
• Take hardware from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations.
• Correlate analysis of components for reliability.

Skills

Mechanical design experience

CAD experience

System design collaboration

Knowledge of mechanical tolerances

Job description

Reflect Orbital in Hawthorne, California, seeks a Mechanical Engineer to design and validate spacecraft subcomponents. You will be responsible for delivering critical hardware while managing tight deadlines and ensuring reliability in space environments.

The ideal candidate has 4-6 years of design experience, extensive CAD knowledge, and a collaborative approach to complex system design. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage and unlimited paid time off.