Senior Mechanical Engineer · Astranis

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:19:50 GMT
Engineering

Astranis · San Francisco · $145,000-$195,000 USD · onsite

As an Astranis Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will own the complete lifecycle of various subsystems on our spacecraft. You will work together with the various other teams at Astranis to make them a reality. In addition to being a significant individual on your own, you will mentor and train junior mechanical engineers on such projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

Complete ownership of product outcomes for spaceflight hardware

Developing requirements for subsystems and components, including loads, interfaces, and functional requirements

Performing mechanical design and analysis of complex assemblies to satisfy launch and on-orbit requirements

Developing and defining design best practices for future programs

Managing system-level schedule and integration requirements for your subsystems while working together with the Assembly, Integration, and Test team to enable a smooth build process

Assisting in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Requirements include:

B.S. or M.S in mechanical, aerospace engineering or equivalent

4-15+ years of mechanical design or equivalent experience

Strong CAD design (Solidworks) and Finite Element analysis (Femap, Ansys) skills

Experience with GD&T and designing for manufacturability

Demonstrated ability to personally design, evaluate, and procure complex mechanical assemblies with 30-40 components in aerospace or similar

A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment with hands-on design and development

A motivated leader who has experience mentoring and supporting junior engineers

Bonus requirements include:

Experience with defining vibration environments and running mechanical testing on spacecraft and spacecraft components

Experience running a development program while delegating to a small team

Experience in synthesizing requirements and flowing them down to sub-scale verification builds and testing