Senior Mechanical Engineer
Senior Mechanical Engineer
ICEYE
Valencia, Spain
What is the role?
As a senior mechanical engineer you are responsible for developing our next generation satellite structures, deployable mechanisms and related hardware. You are a professional team player who will communicate and collaborate effortlessly with our other engineering teams to achieve common goals. Your daily tasks include:
- Load carrying satellite structures development in close cooperation with our thermal- and structural analysis teams;
- Antenna structures development together with our RF- and Electronic teams;
- Working with separation systems integration;
- Following up both satellite production and R&D projects manufacturing;
- Engineering MGSE equipment in cooperation with AIT-team;
- Mentoring and coaching the junior members of the team.
Requirements
To be successful in this role we expect you to have:
- Minimum of 8 years of work experience in aerospace, or relevant high tech product engineering;
- Proven track record on engineering both metallic and composite load carrying structures;
- Experience from satellite deployable structures and mechanisms;
- Experience in engineering bolted and bonded hybrid material joints;
- Experience in Autodesk Inventor and Vault, other CAE/PDM experience is a benefit;
- Experience from MGSE and CFRP manufacturing tooling development;
- Proactive and hands on working attitude;
- Systematic and consistent approach to problem solving, ability to define requirements.
In addition to the above, it would be beneficial if you had the below attributes and skills:
- Experience in managing projects;
- Experience as a mechanical architect;
- Spacecraft system level knowledge;
- Experience as a technical lead or people lead.
Don't forget to mention Space-Careers when applying.
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