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About the role
Are you passionate about spacecraft design and analysis? If so, this is the perfect role for you! Loft flies multiple satellites per year and is looking for a lead Mechanical Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert within the mission and product team, supporting the larger company. This role requires a well-rounded mechanical engineer to support Loft's end to end missions and product development, with an expertise on structural analysis and test.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering
- 5+ years of experience in spacecraft subsystems, payloads, and vehicle mechanical design and structural analysis
- Detailed understanding of GD&T and tolerance analysis
- Proficiency with Solidworks or similar CAD software
- Pragmatic vibration testing experience (pre-test inputs, test oversight, data reduction, report generation)
- Spacecraft level FEA experience. Expert level knowledge of at least one solver and pre/post processor package and cursory knowledge of others (Femap, Patran, Nastran, ANSYS , etc)
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Wanna join the adventure?
Are you passionate about spacecraft design and analysis? If so, this is the perfect role for you! Loft flies multiple satellites per year and is looking for a lead Mechanical Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert within the mission and product team, supporting the larger company. This role requires a well-rounded mechanical engineer to support Loft's end to end missions and product development, with an expertise on structural analysis and test. You will be responsible for supporting "all things mechanical" for Loft missions, their customers, and their subcontractors.
- Mechanical Lead for select Loft Missions
- Develop, maintain, and own mechanical analysis budgets
- Create and maintain detailed engineering drawings and 3D models using CAD software.
- Conduct inspections and reviews of engineering documents and hardware.
- Perform structural and thermal analysis of small payload components and spacecraft
- Oversight of spacecraft level structural and thermal analysis
- Develop, in collaboration with team members/customers, interface specifications, control documents and other design documents
- Generate test plans and procedures for structural and...
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