Senior Mechanisms Engineer

Gravitics•Houston, FL

About The Position

Gravitics designs and manufactures large-scale orbital structures for commercial operations and defense and government missions. The Senior Mechanisms Engineer will work across the full product lifecycle of challenging assemblies, including pressurized structures, launch adapters, mechanisms, and tooling. The role covers requirements and interfaces, design and development, assembly, verification and qualification testing, operations, manufacturing support, and post-flight analysis. The engineer will also own structural hardware and custom tooling, coordinate with suppliers and manufacturing, and serve as a system expert from concept through mission operations.

Requirements

Demonstrated past ownership of complex projects.
Knowledge of loads including pressure, vibration, shock, and thermal loads, and how to design for them.
At least 8 years of applicable professional experience in space vehicle, launch vehicle, or missile system programs.
Experience with motion and kinematic simulations.
Experience writing and executing structural test plans.
Familiarity with aerospace-standard structural analysis methods, such as Bruhn, Niu, Roark, and Shigley’s.
Familiarity with CAD packages.
Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools such as Nastran, ANSYS, or FEMAP.
Strong understanding and application of drafting standards and GD&T (ASME Y14.5) in creating drawings.
Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations, to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.

Nice To Haves

Siemens NX CAD experience is preferred.
A proven history of mentoring junior engineers.
Experience working with separation systems and docking/berthing systems.

Responsibilities

Oversee the complete lifecycle of moving mechanical assemblies, from requirements and interfaces through design, development, assembly, verification, qualification testing, operation, manufacturing support, and post-flight analysis.
Use first-order hand calculations and empirical formulas to assess and iterate on designs.
Build finite element models and analyze structures to verify that they meet vehicle requirements.
Create detailed component and assembly drawings using GD&T and tolerance stack-ups.
Own the design, development, and implementation of custom tooling in support of programs.
Design test plans and generate verification reports.
Work with suppliers and the manufacturing team to realize designs.
Manage schedules and budgets for owned structural hardware.
Track and disposition non-conformances.
Serve as a reliable expert on the assigned system, from concept through the mission control console.