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Mechanical Manager

Greater Denver Area💼 Full-time💰 $139,000–$139,000🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead and grow the Mechanical Engineering organization for robotic spacecraft, owning execution across multiple spacecraft mechanical development efforts.

Role type

Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager (Space Robotics)

Builds

Robotic spacecraft, space mechanisms, and bus designs

Domain

Aerospace / Space Systems / Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Mechanical engineering leadership, spacecraft structural/mechanical design, CAD and GD&T, manufacturing and assembly processes, qualification and environmental testing, systems engineering, multidisciplinary team leadership, high-consequence decision making

Preferred skills

Flight hardware ownership, startup/rapid-development environment, managing multiple simultaneous programs, hiring and developing talent, propulsion/thermal/avionics/optics/deployable structures familiarity, robotics for space environment, establishing engineering processes, launch environment design

Responsibilities

Lead design reviews and technical risk assessments, balance schedule/cost/manufacturability/technical risk, coordinate with Systems/Electrical/Software/Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Test, support integration/qualification/testing/flight readiness, remove roadblocks while maintaining accountability, build culture of ownership and continuous improvement

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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