Mechanical Engineer (Structures)

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical structures from concept through detailed design, analysis, fabrication, test, and flight, including primary and secondary structures, brackets, housings, and mechanisms
• Perform structural analysis using hand calculations and FEA to size hardware for launch, landing, thermal, and operational loads
• Generate detailed manufacturing and assembly drawings with proper GD&T and select appropriate materials and joining methods for space environments
• Define and execute structural qualification and acceptance testing, such as static load, vibration, shock, and modal testing
• Work closely with manufacturing to design for manufacturability and with cross-functional teams to integrate structures into the larger system
• Drive mass optimization and design simplification to reduce part count and overhead

Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in mechanical, aerospace, structural, or a related engineering discipline
• 1+ years of mechanical design or structural engineering experience (internship and academic experience applicable)
• Proficiency with 3D CAD and the ability to produce detailed engineering drawings with GD&T
• Must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. government export authorizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Proficiency with FEA tools such as Nastran, Abaqus, Ansys, or Femap
• Experience designing flight hardware or high-reliability hardware for extreme environments
• Familiarity with launch and landing load environments, including random vibration and shock
• Hands-on structural test experience and test-to-model correlation
• Experience with lightweight, load-optimized structures using machined, sheet-metal, or composite construction
• Knowledge of materials selection for thermal cycling, vacuum, and radiation environments
• Experience designing mechanisms such as deployables, hinges, latches, and actuators

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus equity package
• PTO and health/dental/vision coverage included

About the Company

Starpath develops and manufactures the technologies that will enable humans to live on the Moon and Mars. We are building robotic systems that locally produce essential commodities like water, power, and oxygen to support a self-sustaining civilization.