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    Senior Mechanical Engineer - Redondo Beach, United States - Impulse Space

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    Senior Mechanical Engineer (Deployables)

    Department: Vehicle Engineering

    Employment Type: Full Time

    Location: Redondo Beach

    Reporting To: Drew Damon, VP of Spacecraft Programs

    Compensation: $120,000 - $170,000 / year

    Description

    As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, and testing of flight-critical mechanisms and deployable structures for Impulse's next-generation transfer and hosting vehicle.

    Responsibilities
    • Conceptual layout and detailed design of deployable structures such as solar arrays, booms, etc including their linkages, hinges, latches, dampers, and release mechanisms
    • Perform analyses to support design including hand calculations, finite element analysis, and kinematic analysis
    • Test mechanisms and structures on both component and system levels to validate design intent and characterize performance
    • Source commercial components to support design as required
    • Update designs and documentation to support continuous improvement
    • Work with internal manufacturing group and external suppliers to produce designs
    Minimum Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree in engineering or science
    • 5+ years of experience in mechanical design
    • Experience with kinematic mechanical systems
    • Experience with both metallic and carbon fiber composite design, analysis, and manufacturing
    • Demonstrated ability in conceptual design, fabrication and testing of hardware
    • Demonstrated ability to apply dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
    • Proficiency in CAD software with ability to learn new tools
    • In order to be successful in this role, you should be someone who is uniquely creative, self-driven, and is able to lead his or her own projects to completion
    • Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across different teams
    • Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
    Preferred Skills and Experience
    • Prior experience in space deployable system development (solar array, booms, reflectors, etc)
    • Prior experience with testing deployable systems for development, flight qualification, and flight verification
    • Prior experience in high performance, cost and mass optimized hardware design
    • Experience in a startup or agile development environment
    • Experience with Siemens NX
    • Experience with creation of deployable structures models in NASTRAN
    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.

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