Senior Mechanical Designer

Mechanical Designer

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. We are currently seeking a Mechanical Designer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment.

As a Mechanical Designer, you will be responsible for the design and iteration of parts, subsystems, and vehicle architectures for lunar mobility platforms in CAD. This may include structures, mechanisms, routing, DFMA, drawings, etc., as applicable to creating mature and complete vehicle designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work on a team of engineers in an interdisciplinary environment, contributing to multiple concurrent projects and helping to ensure adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards
• Contribute to and maintain vehicle CAD
• Develop vehicle subsystems
• Design and iterate primary and secondary vehicle structures
• Design and iterate spaceflight mechanisms, with consideration for torque/force/travel margin, lubrication, dust sealing, tolerances, materials, etc., to ensure reliable and repeatable mechanism function
• Lay out fluid piping and cable harness routing in CAD
• Continually improve vehicle CAD for mass savings and for ease of manufacturing and assembly
• Use GD&T to assign appropriate tolerances to parts and assemblies
• Contribute to mechanical documentation and design reviews
• Ensure mechanical designs comply with applicable NASA standards (mechanisms approaches, structural margin, tolerance stackup, etc.)
• Participate in peer review of designs to ensure consistent quality and practices across the team

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• 7+ years of professional experience in the aerospace industry
• Expert in CAD software (Solidworks preferred)
• Proficient in creating part drawings
• Proficient in GD&T and DFMA
• Prior experience maintaining CAD files/drawings in a configuration management environment
• Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• U.S. Person

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant experience in a spaceflight design environment (preferably Class-A programs)
• Relevant experience with NASA and Government customers, deliverables, reviews, and standards

Lunar Outpost is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against protected characteristics (gender, age, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, disability, veteran status). We want all employees (including executives and HR) to treat others with respect and professionalism.