Senior Mechanical Engineer

Found in: Talent US C2 - 2 weeks ago

Redondo Beach, United States Impulse Space Full time
DescriptionAs a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for concepting, designing, and verifying electro-mechanical actuators and components, while working closely with a fast-paced, agile team that strives to produce high-performance spacecraft from clean sheet designs.
Responsibilities
  • Design of electro-mechanical actuators such as solar array drive actuators, biaxial gimbals, reaction wheels, etc.
  • Drive build and assembly processes for development and flight articles
     Test actuators at both component and system levels to validate and characterize design intent and requirements
  • Perform analyses to support design including hand calculations, finite element analysis, and kinematic analysis
  • Source commercial components to support design as required
  •  Produce detailed engineering drawings with required specifications for manufacturing
  • Work with internal manufacturing group and external suppliers to produce designs


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
  • 5+ years of experience in mechanical design 
  • A strong knowledge of metallics, coatings, bearings, resolvers, encoders, brushless DC motors, seals, and mechanical hardware
  • Demonstrated ability to apply dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Proficiency in CAD software with ability to learn new tools
  • Self-driven and able to lead projects from cradle to production
  • Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across different teams
  • Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns

Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Creative design solutions to complex problems
  • Ability to work with and manage large and complex assemblies
  • Experience with satellite actuator design
  • Experience with testing actuators for development, flight qualification, and flight verification
  • Experience with Siemens NX
  • Experience with creation of actuator models in NASTRAN
  • Experience in a startup or agile development environment

Additional Requirements:
  • Flexible schedule and willing to travel as needed

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.


To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.  

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Founded in 2021 by Tom Mueller, a founding member of SpaceX. Impulse Space was founded with the belief that gaining access to space is only part of the job – if you want to get to orbit, you’ll go with one of our launch partners, but if you want to get anywhere else in space, Impulse will take you there. 

Our mission is to accelerate humanity's future in space through efficient transportation anywhere. GEO, the Moon, Mars, and beyond; Impulse is the way to get anywhere in space. We’ll do this with Helios, a powerful kick stage that will bring large payloads from LEO to GEO & beyond, and Mira, a hosting and orbital transfer vehicle that is optimized to make the trip to and operate in GEO.

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