Staff Launch Mechanical Engineer - Launch Structures
Core
Designing and building a world-class orbital launch site infrastructure, including large precision structural builds and motion control mechanisms for rocket launch operations.
Role type
Staff Launch Mechanical Engineer (Launch Structures)
Builds
Launch site hardware, ground support equipment, and structural systems for orbital launch vehicles.
Domain
Aerospace / Space Launch Infrastructure
Required skills
Large precision structural design, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), CAD (NX, Creo, Solidworks, CATIA), hand calculations, motion control mechanisms, GD&T, project leadership, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
AFSPCMAN 91-710 experience, DOD/USAF/NASA experience, rocket sector experience, ANSYS/FEMAP, Launch GSE Operations, large steel/aluminum structures, AISC/ACE/AWS standards
Technologies
NX, Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, CAD
Responsibilities
End-to-end hardware design for launch site infrastructure, conducting FEA analyses and hand calculations, collaborating with civil/fluids/test teams, coordinating with fabrication partners, developing testing/operating procedures, creating detailed engineering drawings.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership