Founding Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Join an elite, venture-backed aerospace founding team as Founding Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer architecting next-generation satellite constellations for high-density space-based compute.

**Founding Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer Benefits**  
- -- Starting Salary targeting $160K--$190K  
- -- Meaningful founding equity stake  
- -- 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance  
- -- Unlimited PTO policy with no rigid set hours  
- -- Relocation assistance available for qualified out-of-market candidates  
- -- Founding team ownership over an entire spacecraft engineering discipline  
- -- High-impact ground-floor role backed by premier venture capital  
- -- On-site collaborative engineering culture in Arts District Los Angeles

**Founding Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer Qualifications**  
- -- 5+ years spacecraft mechanical/structural engineering experience with flight heritage.  
- -- Hands-on mastery of deployable mechanisms, FEA analysis (ABAQUS/ANSYS/NASTRAN), and launch loads.  
- -- Demonstrated experience taking space hardware from initial concept through CAD, FEA, fabrication, integration, and environmental testing.