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Mechanical Engineer, Satellite Hardware

Jet.com · Redmond, Washington, USA · On-site

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About Jet.com

Backed by General Catalyst.

About the role

This role is intended for engineers early in their careers who have a strong foundation in mechanical engineering fundamentals, are curious about how things work, and want to develop broad spacecraft hardware experience. Depending on background, interests, and business needs, engineers may work in spacecraft structures, avionics packaging, harnessing, solar arrays, mechanisms, test development, or manufacturing process development. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

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Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

The Leo Mechanical Engineering organization is looking for early-career mechanical engineers who want to design, build, test, and deliver hardware for a large-scale satellite constellation.

Our mechanical engineering teams own hardware across the spacecraft lifecycle, from early concepts and architecture through detailed design, analysis, prototyping, qualification, manufacturing, and flight. Engineers work directly with hardware and collaborate across electrical, thermal, RF, reliability, manufacturing, software, and operations teams to solve multidisciplinary engineering problems.

This role is intended for engineers early in their careers who have a strong foundation in mechanical engineering fundamentals, are curious about how things work, and want to develop broad spacecraft hardware experience. Depending on background,...

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