Mechanical Engineer

At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.

About the Role

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for quickly designing, prototyping, and flight validating spacecraft subcomponents and integrating mechanical systems on tight deadlines. Your highest priority is delivering functional hardware that strikes a balance between simplicity, scrappiness, analytical rigor and ingenuity.

Responsibilities

Deliver flight-ready critical spacecraft components

Take hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations

Correlate analysis of your components to ensure reliability in the space environment

Ideal Qualifications

You have owned spacecraft components from clean-sheet to spaceflight

Extensive CAD experience

You can teach a class on the design of bolted joints

You know what tolerances the machine shop can hit without needing to ask them

You have strong experience collaboratively designing complex interdependent systems

Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.

Benefits

Reflect Orbital's success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we're able.

Broad choice of medical / dental / vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy

Access to HSA, FSA, 401K, and commuter benefits

Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year minimum mandatory use

Healthy lunches provided daily

Equal Opportunity

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin / ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

More about Reflect Orbital :

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