Staff Mechanical Engineer - Solar Mechanisms & Deployables

📋 Description

• Own design, qualification, and sustainment of deployable mechanisms (SADA, HDRMs)
• Lead trades on deployable architectures and release devices balancing reliability, cost, schedule
• Design, analysis, and optimization of deployment mechanisms, actuators, and release devices
• Hybrid role; on-site in San Jose, CA three days per week
• Own single-point-failure management for deployables and test coverage strategy
• Mentor engineers and lead design reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR)

🎯 Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• 10+ years designing, building, and testing mechanisms; 5+ in space
• Deep expertise in deployable systems: SADA, HDRMs, solar deployables
• CAD (SolidWorks preferred), GD&T, drawings, BOMs, tolerances
• Mechanism analysis: torque/force margin, kinematics, tribology
• Qualifying single-point-failure mechanisms with deployment, life, environmental testing

🎁 Benefits

• Equity and comprehensive benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• Paid time off: vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave