About this opportunity
Redwire Space NV lists this Mechanical Engineer (Willing to Consider all Mid to Senior Levels) opportunity in albuquerque, New Mexico. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Where dreams and reality collide and the output is, out of this world. At Redwire Space, we are a team of dreamers and doers. Where the impossible becomes possible, and every day is an opportunity to learn and get one step closer to knowing the unknown. Join us on our mission to expand humanity’s presence in space.
Loadpath, LLC part of the Redwire Space Missions team in Albuquerque, NM has a current opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer (willing to consider all mid to senior levels) to join our advanced design team located at our facility in Albuquerque, NM . If you excel at what you do, we would like to talk to you! We are a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team that innovates space mechanisms, multi-payload launch adapters, structural testing, deployable composite booms, high-strain composites, metallic structures, deployable space structures, R&D engineering, spacecraft thermal management components, and thermal analysis. With many more exciting projects on the horizon, our team could use your curiosity, passion, talent and experience to help us Build Above.
Summary
It is expected that you may not know all the answers at first, but that you are eager to find them! This includes a desire to learn new skills and concepts and apply your prowess to solve our customers’ most difficult problems and invent new solutions. (If it were easy, they would do it themselves.) This is typically done by drawing on your fundamental understanding of the mechanical world and then exercising your artistic creativity to rearrange existing technology into novel applications and sometimes inventing entirely new technology.
This position will focus on developing state-of-the-art structures and mechanisms for satellites, launch vehicles, and missile defense applications. Some examples include but are not limited to general spacecraft mechanisms, hold and release devices, solar array drive assemblies, deployable radar arrays, gimbals, multiple payload launch structures, deployable satellite antennas, rocket bodies fins and structures, ground support equipment, test equipment, and their supporting documentation.
Responsibilities
Review and establish program requirements
Functionally own specific mechanical systems and coordinate cross team interactions for those systems
Develop and track schedules and meet deadlines
Develop 3D mechanism designs primarily in SolidWorks
Select materials and surface treatments
Perform preliminary analysis
Create manufacturing drawings using GD&T in accordance with ASME Y14.5
Create design review packages typically using Microsoft Power Point
Create and maintain requirements compliance matrixes in Microsoft Excel or Jama
Create assembly and build documentation in Microsoft Word
Intelligently defend your designs to engineers and customers
Directly assemble prototype and flight hardware in a laboratory environment
Assemble sensors and operate test equipment
Follow internal Quality Assurance (QA) processes and procedures in compliance with AS9100 standards
Provide feedback and recommendations for improving our internal QA processes and procedures
Interface with customers, subcontractors, and manufacturers
Operate in a dynamic, fast paced, and multidisciplinary environment
Take pride in courteous behavior and professional communication
Ideal Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, with 3 or more years of related work experience in Aerospace, Space, Energy, Semiconductor, Subsea, or other high reliability industries
Experienced with SolidWorks
Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing
Familiarity with materials and surface treatments for use in space
Experienced with mechanical design principles and engineering fundamentals
Some limited travel may be required
Desired Skills
Master’s degree in engineering preferred
Familiarity with NASA standards, range safety, and launch vehicle user guides
Ability to calculate the reliability of mechanical devices
Highly proficient with Solidworks (1000+ hours), Solidworks PDM a plus
Experience with cradle-to-grave programs
Experience in designing launch systems
Finite Element Analysis experience
Ability to mass optimize a mechanical part
Structural testing experience
Desire to work ITAR programs
Must have strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to obtain and hold a security clearance
Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.
It may not be the end if you don’t meet every single requirement above. We want people who can grow, collaborate and build a stronger team, so if you’re excited about this job posting and are good at what you do, then we encourage you to apply! You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
How We Determine What We Pay (Compensation Philosophy)
Redwire determines pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data, for our locations throughout the US. We will evaluate external equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index, in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company.
For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position. An employee/candidate with a stronger skill set will receive higher pay.
Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR Click Here
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Worksite address
albuquerque, NM, 87101, US
Who can apply
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