Rendezvous Robotics
Spacecraft Structures Engineer (Bus Structures and Packaging)
$110K–$170K
Golden, Colorado +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Location
- Golden, Colorado
Golden, Colorado, United States - Experience
- 4+ years; Mid to Senior Level.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or a related field; advanced degree is a plus.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Owns the design, analysis, and packaging of spacecraft bus and tile structures, taking flight hardware from concept through qualification, production, and on-orbit operation.
What you'll do
- Design spacecraft structures, component mounting, thermal interfaces, solar-cell mounting, and harness routing.
- Perform structural and thermal analysis, including modal, quasi-static, and random vibration analysis; support verification and environmental testing.
- Manage detailed layouts, CAD models, drawings and GD&T, and work with suppliers, fabricators, and cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or a related field.
- 4+ years of spacecraft or satellite structural and mechanical design experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing spaceflight hardware that has flown and owning a flight structure or subsystem through qualification test.
- Proficiency in structural FEA, 3D CAD, detailed drawings, tolerance stack-ups, and GD&T (ASME Y14.5).
Nice to have
- Experience with electronics packaging, solar-array mounting, or honeycomb sandwich panel design for spaceflight.
- Experience with Onshape or other CAD tools, industry-standard FEA tools, Python or MATLAB, or thermal analysis tools.
Pay
$110,000 to $140,000 USD base salary; $140,000 to $170,000 USD base salary
Tools
FEA, GD&T, ASME Y14.5, Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, Sherlock, Onshape, Python
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