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Senior Mechanical Engineer at Cascade Space

San Francisco, CA (ONSITE)💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-25

Core

Own mechanical integration of vendor dish systems with in-house RF hardware, including packaging for ultra-low-noise electronics, alignment/tolerance strategy, and structural/environmental testing for ground-based lunar mission infrastructure.

Role type

Senior IC mechanical engineer (RF/antenna systems)

Builds

Ground-based dish arrays and digital beamformer infrastructure for space missions

Domain

Aerospace / RF engineering / Hardware systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

mechanical integration, CAD design, structural analysis, environmental testing, thermal management, precision assembly, vendor/fab-shop management

Preferred skills

RF/antenna experience, deployment and commissioning experience

Technologies

CAD, RF hardware, LNAs, amplifiers

Responsibilities

Design and deploy complex hardware systems, integrate electronics into outdoor environments, manage vendor relationships, perform structural and environmental testing, oversee field installation and commissioning

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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