# Senior Mechanical Engineer at Slingshot Aerospace

- Company: Slingshot Aerospace
- What the company does: Slingshot delivers Space Operations Intelligence & Autonomy—sensing, fusion, simulation, and AI so operators can decide and act with confidence. Backed by Techstars.
- Company website: https://slingshot.space
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Windsor, CO
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130K to $190K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/slingshot-aerospace/cffc4f4d-1648-4b0f-84f8-a5b972ade54c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/slingshot-aerospace-senior-mechanical-engineer/

## 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

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