Apex Space
Spacecraft Mechanisms Build Engineer
$120K–$190K
Los Angeles · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- B.S. in a listed or related technical discipline; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required U.S. export authorizations.
About the job
Builds, integrates, tests, and scales spacecraft electromechanical mechanisms and rotating assemblies, including actuator systems and motor-driven hardware.
What you'll do
- Build, integrate, and qualify spacecraft electromechanical hardware; develop and execute component- and system-level tests.
- Design test setups and validation approaches, and troubleshoot mechanisms, motors, sensors, controls interfaces, and electrical integration.
- Develop manufacturing and test procedures and support production scaling, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience building, integrating, testing, or qualifying electromechanical systems or rotating hardware.
- Experience delivering and testing flight hardware or high-reliability electromechanical systems.
- Experience with motor feedback and telemetry systems, including Hall effect sensors, rotary encoders, resolvers, microswitches, and potentiometers.
Nice to have
- Experience with spacecraft mechanisms, deployables, robotics systems, or other motor-driven aerospace hardware.
- Familiarity with motor drivers, actuator controls systems, or embedded hardware integration.
Pay
$120K – $190K (base salary)
Tools
Hall effect sensors, rotary encoders, resolvers, microswitches, potentiometers
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