Senior Mechanical Engineer
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What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
- 4+ yrs experience with satellite or launch vehicle mechanisms
- Experience with stepper or BLDC motors, springs, and HDRMs
- CAD proficiency for design models and production drawings
- Spaceflight mechanism qualification as responsible engineer
What you'll do
- Design mechanical systems and actuators for deployable structures
- Analyze and validate spaceflight mechanisms from design to qualification
- Improve existing systems and shape next-generation deployables
- Work on mechanisms for solar arrays and radiators
They say the best deployable is no deployable, but we believe large deployable mechanisms are the future for large infrastructure in space.
At Beyond Reach Labs, we are designing and building the largest deployable structures ever flown to space. As an engineering-driven organization, you will be at the forefront of the company's key technology development.
To make this possible, mechanical systems will need to be greatly simplified, more reliable, and easier to manufacture. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, analyzing, and validating mechanical systems and actuators for our deployable structures. These mechanisms are used in various applications from solar arrays to radiators. You will be entrusted to improve existing systems while also helping to shape and design the next generation.
Key Responsibilities:
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Design and Development:
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Testing and Validation:
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Optimization and Leadership:
Basic Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
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4+ years of experience in a hands-on engineering role working with satellite or launch vehicle mechanisms.
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Experience taking at least one spaceflight mechanism from design through qualification as the responsible engineer.
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Experience designing and qualifying mechanisms driven by stepper or BLDC motors, springs, and HDRMs.
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Proficient in developing design models and drawings for production and analysis using CAD software.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Master’s or PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
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Flight heritage on mechanisms you designed.
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Experience mentoring engineers or leading a technical team.
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Expertise in materials and lubricant selection for space applications.
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Experience working with very large lightweight deployable structures.
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Proficiency using Fusion and Ansys for CAD and analysis.
Additional Requirements:
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Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to support critical project milestones.
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Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for authorization under U.S. export regulations.
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About Beyond Reach Labs
At Beyond Reach Labs we are building solar panels for Space that grow from the size of a dining table to a football field in orbit. Mitch and Pele met 13 years ago as freshmen at UPenn studying mechanical engineering. Mitch recently got his PhD at Carnegie Mellon working with NASA on kilometer-scale deployable structures, and Pele spent seven years at SpaceX leading Dragon parachute engineering, safely returning astronauts from space. The collective satellites today use around 20MW, roughly the output of a datacenter on earth, but by 2030 there is a demand for over 10GW, a 500x increase, largely driven by orbital datacenters, space stations, and lunar outposts. If you want more power, your only option is to launch larger solar panels, which quickly become fragile or impractically expensive. As a result, power constraints already determine whether missions or industries can exist at all. But at Beyond Reach Labs we have introduced a new class of deployable solar panels giving satellites 10x more usable power without increasing launch mass or volume. This works because our patented deployable design changes geometry in space, allowing for us to reach 10x longer while remaining rigid.
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