Electromechanical Engineer (All-Levels)

Responsibilities

• You will bridge the disciplines of electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering and take ownership of the physical, electrical, and thermal interface boundaries that house and interconnect mission-critical spaceflight avionics designed to survive long-duration exposure in
• cislunar and lunar surface operations. You will solve coupled structural, radiation shielding, and extreme thermal/cryogenic design challenges, taking hardware from initial conceptual trade studies through cleanroom flight builds, environmental qualification, vehicle-level integration, and flight ops. This position will report to the Director of Avionics.
• Lead the mechanical and structural design of space-qualified electronics enclosures, ensuring survival under launch random vibration, acoustic loads, and shock environments
• Select flight-proven materials, surface treatments, and staking compounds while balancing structural stiffness, thermal conductivity, electrical bonding, and outgassing limits
• Produce flight drawing packages with precise GD&T, fastener torque schedules, and electrical grounding and bonding callouts per spaceflight standards
• Collaborate closely with thermal analysis teams to verify conductive thermal paths from high-power die and board interfaces to chassis conduction decks and radiator interfaces in vacuum
• Integrate passive and active thermal control hardware, including heat pipes, thermal straps, thermal interface materials, operational and survival heater circuits, RTDs, thermistors, and multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets
• Architect static and articulated or dynamic harness installations, including cable wrap mechanisms, service loops, twist capsules, and flex or rigid-flex jumper assemblies
• Design custom brackets, harness support trays, strain relief features, and breakout bulkheads optimized for mass, mass-elastic constraints, and design for manufacturability (DFM)
• Present and defend mechanical packaging, harness routing schemes, and thermal hardware implementations at formal milestone reviews, including PDR, CDR, TRR, and MRR

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience designing and developing physical hardware for high-reliability applications
• Experience using 3D CAD software such as Siemens NX, Creo, or SolidWorks, including mechanical packaging, sheet metal, and machined enclosures
• Experience working with electrical harnesses, interconnects, wire routing, shielding, and grounding for complex hardware systems

Preferred

• Experience applying thermal management concepts, including heat sinks, thermal interface materials, heaters, and thermal paths for hardware operating in controlled or vacuum environments
• Master’s degree in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) related field
• Experience designing or supporting flight-qualified hardware for satellites, launch vehicles, lunar landers, space robotics, or other aerospace systems
• Experience using 3D harness routing or electrical routing tools, such as Capital Harness, Zuken E3, or NX Electrical Routing
• Experience developing rigid-flex PCB physical layouts or continuous-flex interconnects for moving mechanisms, gimbals, or deployment systems
• Experience working with spaceflight interconnect standards and requirements, including IPC/WHMA-A-620 Space Addendum and NASA-STD-8739.4
• Experience designing or implementing MLI for vacuum environments
• Experience performing bonding and grounding verification, including low-resistance or milli-ohm measurements

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) related field

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing or supporting vehicle harness bundles or avionics enclosures used in operational aerospace systems

Benefits and Perks

Join a team of best-in-class engineers building the foundation of planetary surface exploration

Equity ownership in the company

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health support
• 401(k) plan with company match

Flexible PTO and parental leave

• Weekly lunch stipend, plus complimentary snacks and beverages on-site
• Once a month social hour on-site with food and drinks

Compensation

$100,000 - $230,000 / year