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RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute in the development of a robotic platform for construction applications, focusing on motion platforms and dynamic fluid systems.
- Design and create prototypes using in-house and external fabrication
- Specify robotic servo-driven actuators using industry standards for aerospace applications, including mobile (rover-based) robotics, and large format, long reach robotic actuators.
- Run FEA and CFD analysis to provide safe and reliable engineered solutions for use in space.
- Provide hands-on, troubleshooting, and build support as well designing, implementing, and integrating solutions in a fast-paced environment with a quick AGILE development cycle.
- Create design solutions utilizing engineering methods with good documentation processes
- Collaborate with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to procure, fabricate, test, and ultimately fly the hardware you have designed.
- Perform a wide range of tasks on a daily basis (e.g. Transition from office work to field work at a moment’s notice)
- Establish individual and team goals consistent with overall company OKRs
- Mentor engineers in their career development
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- 5+ years of recent experience designing aerospace or equivalent type mechanical system elements within aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicles.
- Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D modeling tools.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- M.S. or PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- Strong thermal analysis skills.
- Past design experience in extreme thermal environments.
- Familiarity with serial robotic arm operations and design constraints.
- Experience in aerospace actuation design.
- Experience in formal systems engineering: requirements development, implementation, verification, system integration, qualification and release.
- Experience in spacecraft systems design.
- Experience in Solidworks.
- Experience in structural FEA and CFD using ANSYS, or similar tools.
PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Work performed in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, noise, and outdoor conditions.
- Physical effort may be required for the handling of supplies or materials (up to 50 lbs unassisted).