# Mechanical Engineer at Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space)

- Company: Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space) (YC W26)
- What the company does: Moon Hotel -> The Intergalactic Construction Company of Earth. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://gru.space
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Hawthorne, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $120K to $170K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-03-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/galactic-resource-utilization-space-inc-gru-space/jobs/BPAqbIe-mechanical-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/galactic-resource-utilization-space-inc-gru-space-mechanical-engineer/

## About the role

You’ll design, build, and test our 2027 Lunar Payload: the one that manufactures humanity’s first bricks on the Moon and deploys an inflatable habitat bladder. This is hands-on, full-lifecycle hardware engineering at a pace most aerospace companies can’t keep up with. If you want to maximize the probability that humanity becomes interplanetary in your lifetime, apply and share a portfolio of the technical work you’re most proud of.

## What they're looking for

- Deep fluency with CAD and FEA tools: you think in 3D and can back it up with analysis
- Experience designing spaceflight hardware end-to-end (build, test, deploy)
- Comfort with mechanisms: actuators, seals, deployables, pressure systems, end effectors, and more
- You’re using the latest AI tools every day (i.e., Opus 4.6/GPT 5.4, in appropriate harness) to massively increase your output and do things you otherwise couldn’t
- You’ve built flight hardware before

Tags: Engineering