Mechanical Engineer

• →Design and develop mechanical systems for atmospheric recovery, including deployable structures, aerodynamic decelerators, recovery mechanisms, airframe interfaces, and precision landing hardware from requirements through release, build support, and qualification.
• →Develop CDR-level design packages: CAD, drawings, specifications, analysis, and test plans.
• →Define and manage hardware requirements, interface with mission operations and payload customers.
• →Perform or coordinate structural and thermal analysis to verify hardware margins.
• →Write and execute qualification and acceptance test procedures, support environmental test campaigns.
• →Participate in peer reviews and formal milestone reviews (CDR, TRR, etc.).
• →Drive design reviews (PDR/CDR) and prepare clear documentation, drawings, BOMs, and work instructions.
• →Perform other duties as required.

 Qualifications 

• →Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.
• →5-10 years designing flight hardware structures and mechanisms.
• →Experience taking hardware from concept to production and/or flight.
• →Strong proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks, NX, or similar) and mechanical analysis tools (structural/thermal in Ansys - Solidworks).
• →Experience designing structures, mechanisms, deployables, or aerodynamic structures (parachutes/paragliders, flaps, linkages, hinges, etc.).
• →Understanding of load path, interfaces, and environmental requirements for high-energy flight environments.
• →Experience executing rapid, hands-on prototypes to support fast design–build–test cycles.
• →Excellent documentation, communication, and technical writing skills.
• →Understanding of spacecraft environmental requirements (launch loads, shock, vibration, thermal).
• →Write and read engineering requirements and interface control documents.
• →Strong cross-functional communication - you'll work daily with systems, integration, and test engineers. 

 Preferred Experience 

• →Experience taking hardware through at least one formal design review (PDR or CDR); exposure to qualification testing strongly preferred. 
• →Experience with reentry systems, atmospheric flight vehicles, TPS interfaces, or parachute/paraglider systems.
• →Background integrating soft goods with rigid structures.
• →Experience in hypersonic, supersonic, or high-aero-load environments.
• →Field test experience (drop tests, flight tests, parachute deployments, etc.).
• →Familiarity with DOF-limited mechanisms and precision actuation in harsh environments.