Key Responsibilities

• Supporting structural and thermal design efforts for spacecraft system development, including Lander and other transportation system elements
• Perform structural and / or thermal computational analysis to design the structural components of the lander
• Completion support for component design specifications and design reviews
• Preliminary design support for trade research, materials, components, manufacturing process selection, design verification, etc.
• Test planning preparation, reporting, test data analysis, and JIG design support for component and system testing.
• Evaluation and reporting of non-conforming materials from a design and analysis perspective.
• Detailed design support for Lander systems for structure, heat, and operational performance
• Analytical support for other engineers by providing and simplifying 3D models.
• Support for testing, including rapid prototyping, hardware assembly, integration, and navigation to test sites.
• Maintain proactive coordination between teams, balance and achieve project goals.
• Report to team leaders and group managers.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills / Experience) 

• Bachelor and / or Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering
• Over 3 years of experience in designing aerospace or aviation applications
• Extensive experience in CAD software packaging and drawing creation
• Knowledge of geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD & T), stack-up calculations for drawing tolerances (RSS, etc.).
• Knowledge of space flight hardware or equivalent mechanical design, material selection, and manufacturing processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational skills, communication skills
• Attitude to adapt to change with speed and learn new things
• Positive attitude, team players, strong responsibility for their work
• Hold BS and/or MS in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills / Experience)

• Familiarity with Solidworks, FEmap, NASTRAN (or equivalent) software packages
• Knowledge of thermal design and analysis.
• Thermal Desktop proficiency for thermal analysis.
• Space environment test experience
• Experience with new industrial development projects in the aerospace or aviation sector

Tagged as: solidworks, femap, nastran, thermal analysis, jig design, thermal computational analysis, design verification, transportation system elements, lander systems