Star Catcher
Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer
Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum three years designing, drafting, and releasing flight hardware, ground support equipment, or test hardware in an aerospace manufacturing environment or other relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural, or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- 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 under ITAR.
About the job
Designs, documents, and maintains mechanical spacecraft hardware and supports its fabrication, integration, and testing for Star Catcher’s space-to-space power-beaming system.
What you'll do
- Design mechanical components and assemblies; produce and release drawings with GD&T and maintain CAD configuration and spacecraft mass-property records.
- Resolve interfaces and fit issues, perform tolerance stack-ups, and coordinate with engineering teams, machinists, and suppliers on hardware design and production.
- Support hardware build, integration, and testing, and document and present technical design decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural, or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
- Experience producing production-quality parametric models and fabrication and assembly drawings with GD&T per ASME Y14.5 in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent.
- Experience with managed CAD data, including revision control, release states, and engineering change processing.
- Hands-on build, integration, or environmental testing experience in a shop, lab, or cleanroom.
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with deployable structures, tolerance stack-up analysis, or CAD automation using iLogic, Python, or equivalent.
Tools
Autodesk Inventor, GD&T, ASME Y14.5, iLogic, Python
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