Starpath Robotics is a space research and technology company focused on designing and manufacturing robotic propellant production factories for the Moon and Mars, reducing the cost of deep space transport. Backed by Space Capital.
About the role
Own rotary actuator and mechanism designs from architecture through detailed design, analysis, build, qualification, and flight Establish mechanism requirements and translate system-level needs into practical hardware architectures
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline
- 6+ years of professional experience designing mechanisms, actuators, or precision mechanical systems
- Demonstrated ownership of complex mechanical hardware from concept through build and test
- Experience designing rotary mechanisms such as actuators, gearboxes, gimbals, hinges, deployment systems, or drive assemblies
- Strong understanding of motors, gear reductions, bearings, lubrication, friction, backlash, stiffness, and mechanism life
- Proficiency with 3D CAD and the ability to produce detailed engineering drawings using GD&T
More about this role
Travel: Occasional
Starpath develops and manufactures the technologies that will enable humans to live on the Moon and Mars. Today, we are building robotic systems that locally produce the essential commodities a lunar civilization will require at extreme scale: water, power, and oxygen. Our ultimate goal is to build and operate a self-sustaining city on Mars.
The Starlight team is focused on dramatically improving space solar power to support Starpath’s core mission and the broader space economy. Starlight manufactures the lowest-cost, highest-performance space solar power systems, which will power the majority of new satellites built on Earth and all of Starpath’s equipment on the Moon and Mars.
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer focused on rotary actuators, you will own the architecture, design, analysis, and qualification of the mechanisms that deploy and orient Starlight’s solar arrays. These include solar array drive assemblies, deployment hinges, dampers, latches, and gimbals that must survive launch and operate reliably throughout the mission.
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