engineering
Posted May 11Mechanical Engineer (Solar)
at Starcloud
Redmond, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Design and Development:
- Create and manage detailed CAD models from the component level up to the spacecraft level, accounting for complex stowed (launch) and deployed (orbital) configurations.
- Perform structural, kinematic, and thermal analyses using FEA and hand calculations to ensure solar hardware survives launch and performs during in-orbit thermo-elastic cycling.
- Own the lifecycle of mechanical components, iteratively driving projects from initial concept through to manufacturing, testing, and deployment.
- Collaborate on system-level
- requirements and design criteria to develop holistic DFM strategies that optimize for manufacturability, cost, and reliability.
- Ensure timely project delivery with high standards of quality and performance through pragmatic project management.
- Design and execute comprehensive test plans to validate designs under launch and space environments.
- Perform rigorous environmental and performance testing to demonstrate compliance with requirements.
- Optimize designs for ease of integration and production.
- Collaborate with vendors to ensure the flawless delivery and integration of mechanical components. Basic
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Proficiency with advanced CAD software, ideally NX and teamcenter. •
- Experience with FEA software for high-fidelity structural analysis, ideally Ansys.
- experience in mechanical design, analysis, testing, and/or manufacturing.
- Strong understanding and application of GD&T principles. Preferred
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- experience in mechanical design of solar products
Experience
- Minimum of 2+ years of hands-on
- 3+ years of professional