Slingshot delivers Space Operations Intelligence & Autonomy—sensing, fusion, simulation, and AI so operators can decide and act with confidence. Backed by Techstars.
About the role
We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we're making and help shape the future of an industry that's just getting started, you're in the right place.
What they're looking for
- Graduate level degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering field
- Significant experience designing equipment for sustained operation in Arctic, Antarctic, alpine, or similarly cold and remote environments
- Experience with low-temperature material behavior, lubrication, sealing, condensation, icing, snow loading, thermal contraction, heaters, insulation, and other cold-weather engineering considerations
- Experience designing telescope enclosures, observatories, radomes, outdoor instrumentation, remote sensing systems, or other environmentally controlled equipment housings
- Experience designing precision optomechanical assemblies and mounting structures
- Experience with optical alignment, line-of-sight stability, structural deflection, and thermal effects on precision optical systems
More about this role
At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.
We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we're making and help shape the future of an industry that's just getting started, you're in the right place.
As a senior member of Space Surveillance Research and Development (R&D) technical staff, you will take a lead role advancing Slingshot’s efforts to accelerate the security, safety, and sustainability of space via the development and deployment of next-generation electro-optical space surveillance systems. You will serve as a senior mechanical engineering contributor for Slingshot’s ground-based sensing systems, designing the...
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