Mechanical Engineering System

That is why were building Nova our fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle. Designed for daily flight Nova tackles the core challenges of space transportation by reducing cost increasing availability and improving reliability. By radically lowering launch costs and increasing flight cadence were helping create a truly scalable space industry.
Were looking for a Mechanical Engineer with rock-solid fundamentals a love of mechanisms and a bias for action to own the payload fairing jettison system on Nova. Youll own the system end to end: the separation and clearance analysis the pneumatics actuators and mechanisms that make it work the integrated tests that prove it and the operation and reuse of that hardware after flight. Youll carry the current system to flight and help define the next generation of separation and deployment systems for our reusable fairing. If you want one critical system that is yours from analysis to flight this role is for you.
Own the fairing jettison system from requirements definition and analysis through verification vehicle integration flight operations refurbishment and reuse
Develop and run jettison dynamics and clearance analyses including dispersions to show margin for each mission; derive system requirements and loads and correlate the analysis to test data
Create CAD models and manufacturing drawings with proper GD&T
Run trade studies on separation and deployment architectures for our next-generation reusable fairing payload adapters and dispensers
Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or related technical field

• 5 years of hands-on engineering experience designing building and testing hardware
• Exceptional command of mechanical engineering fundamentals (statics dynamics mechanics of materials heat transfer fluid mechanics)
• Experience designing analyzing and testing pneumatics actuators or mechanisms
• Proficiency with 3D CAD and creating detailed manufacturing drawings
• Experience with structural analysis both hand calcs and FEA
• Hands-on test experience: test plans instrumentation running tests and correlating data back to analysis
• Experience with multibody dynamics analysis (Adams Simscape Multibody LS-Dyna or similar) and Monte Carlo dispersion analysis

Experience with reusable hardware: inspection refurbishment and life tracking
Exposure to separation electrical systems separating connectors or harness routing
Track record of shipping hardware from first principles through flight
Equity We know that our employees are the reason we succeed. To give everyone a stake in our future we are pleased to offer equity in the form of stock options to all regular full-time employees.

• Comprehensive benefits program including subsidized medical dental and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Holidays 10 days (including an end-of-year closure)
• On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
• Dog friendly offices!

Target Levels:
Level 2 Range: $109725 - $148470
Level 3 Range: $129150 - $193620

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.The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer including with respect to disability and veteran status. It is committed to compliance with all equal opportunity laws including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII. It does not discriminate on the basis of nationality race citizenship immigration status or any other protected class when it comes to employment practices including hiring.
Employees must comply with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services employment verification requirements and therefore they must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 at the start of employment and re-verify authorization to work periodically.
Separate from this I-9 process as noted above this position entails access to certain technology and technical data that is restricted under U.Employment or continued employment may be conditioned on your legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials as necessary to perform your job.
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