NorthwoodSpace Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at NorthwoodSpace designing structures, tooling, and hardware for satellite ground stations. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturability and compliance.
Responsibilities
Design multiple product lines, structures, mechanisms, environmental systems, and GSE for satellite ground stations ensuring performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
Design manufacturable, intricate RF waveguide filtering and feed structures for high performance antennas
Design tooling for fabrication and assembly processes, including test fixtures and weldments.
Collaborate with RF, electrical, and manufacturing to ensure reasonable system requirements and seamless integration of designs and hardware.
Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices in mechanical, thermal, and environmental design.
Participate in design reviews and provide feedback to ensure design objectives are met.
Qualification
Experience with weldmentsAdditional Requirements
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of experience designing and building hardware.
Experience with taking a product from concept to production.
Knowledge of manufacturing processes and ability to design for manufacturability.
Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, including thermal management, materials selection, and structural analysis.
Preferred
Proficiency in Siemens NX for 3D modeling, assembly, and drafting
Understanding of environmental and reliability testing procedures for mechanical systems.
Experience with weldments, tooling, GSE, and fixture design and assembly.
Experience with mechanical/thermal simulation tools (e.g. ANSYS)
Basic understanding of electrical systems and components to ensure a holistic approach to system design
Basic understanding of RF systems and devices.
Additional Requirements:
Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed