Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant thermal-mechanical design experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience in design principles for heat transfer and temperature control.
• Experience in verifying designs through Finite Element Analysis and testing (NX/Simcenter NASTRAN Thermal & Space Systems Thermal preferred).
• Experience with one or more CAD tools (Onshape, Creo, Solidworks, etc.).
• Understanding of Design for Manufacturing practices.
• Strong communication and documentation skills working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Comfortable in an R&D lab environment.
• Comfortable using basic hand and power tools.

Responsibilities

• Focus on development of thermal design solutions for satellite sub-systems from initial concept through flight qualification.
• Ensure robust designs through calculation and analysis demonstrating and documenting margins of safety against temperature limits for components in various power handling modes.
• Establish reliable heat transfer mechanisms to system boundaries.
• Work closely with other cross-functional engineering teams (RF, electrical, systems, etc.) to develop full product solutions.
• Identify requirement verification methods and establish plans to mitigate technical risks through analysis, test, etc.
• Generate documentation required to substantiate designed solutions, including drawings and design analysis reports.
• Support structural CAD design of subsystems as needed.
• Own prototype build and test to identify key areas for improvement.
• Act as peer or lead reviewer providing technical oversite on other active designs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in satellite thermal analysis.
• Familiarity with ESA ECSS or NASA thermal Standards.
• PEng eligibility.