Senior Mechanical Engineer
Loft Orbital
- Golden, CO
- $123,000-166,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Own hardware from conceptual design through test and production for Loft satellites
- Develop design criteria, collaborate on requirements, and drive satellite system optimization
- Rapidly iterate on designs and analysis to inform high level systems trades and steer overall product direction
- Perform detailed structural and thermal analysis to design robust space hardware.
- Support environmental and performance testing on hardware to validate analysis and demonstrate compliance to design criteria
- Demonstrate strong ownership of technical deliverables as well as schedules, supply chain, and operations.
- Evidence of successful hardware ownership on a spacecraft, subsystem, or payloads
- 3D CAD proficiency (Solidworks preferred)
- End-to-end satellite program experience
- Thermal and Structural design and analysis
- Demonstrated experience in small satellite assembly, integration, and test campaigns with an emphasis on vibration and thermal testing
- Able to work autonomously with little oversight
- Passionate about Loft and the position
- Articulate and able to handle themselves in customer meetings
- Experience with force-limited vibration testing or developing analytical notched profiles
- Experience selecting materials, manufacturing methods, and surface treatments for mechanical components
- Experience designing avionics enclosures and harnessing for PCBAs
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
- Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
- Relocation assistance when applicable