CareerPlan

Production Mechanical Engineer, Space

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$129k2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Drive space hardware from maturing designs to repeatable, higher-rate manufacturing, resolving production issues and optimizing build/test cycles.

Role type

Senior Production Mechanical Engineer (Space Hardware)

Builds

Modular payloads, Lattice for Space Missions hardware, and integrated hardware/software systems for Space Domain Awareness and Control.

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Space Systems

Required skills

CAD design & GD&T, Design for Manufacturing/Assembly/Test (DFM/DFA/DFT), BOM management, Engineering Change Orders (ECO/ECN), hands-on fabrication (mill/lathe), statics & solid mechanics, tolerance analysis

Preferred skills

NX/Teamcenter, Material Review Board & RCCA, tooling/fixture design, PCB/sensor integration, Python/MATLAB/C++ for automation, Statistical Process Control

Technologies

NX, Teamcenter, Python, MATLAB, C++