Jr. Mechanical Engineer

About this Role

Muon seeks a Mechanical Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate can go deep on design and analysis but also has a “systems mindset” and will be a force multiplier collaborating with other disciplines to arrive at an elegant, well-balanced design.  Being an early-stage startup with a small team, breadth is extremely important and we expect this person to dive into structural data, dynamics, thermal design, supplier management and everything else associated with the full lifecycle of an electromechanical product. This is a full-time role. 

Due to the hands-on nature of this role, it does require onsite work at our Mountain View location. For this role, preference will be given to candidates local, or willing to relocate to Mountain View, given the physical nature of mechanical/structural work.

Responsibilities

• Create, review, and refine spacecraft mechanical design with product structure in a modern CAD package (Solidworks)
• Ownership of delivery of mechanical vehicles and subsystems, acting on multidisciplinary designs between launch provider, analysts, avionics, program, thermal, optical, and RF engineers
• Find solutions and manage development of clean-sheet mechanical / structures architectures through detailed design consistent with the risk posture, development velocity and deployment schedules at Muon 
• Make economically sound choices for the company balancing the need to quickly demonstrate capability while understanding the path to scaled-up constellations (e.g Make vs Buy). 
• Create quick concepts that can be used to discuss and spur inspiration on the team in early phases of programs.
• Perform basic stress and dynamic analyses (hand calcs, simple FEM) to support and inform structures designs including joint design, basic stiffness analyses, etc.
• Contribute to maturing Muon’s mechanical engineering standards and culture
• Design basic test fixtures to support development and environmental testing
• Influence flight designs to ensure hardware is easy to both build and test

Requirements

• A desire to change the way the world understands and reacts to climate and environmental data
• B.S. or higher degree in an engineering field, preferably Mechanical
• Some experience as an individual contributor structural/mechanical engineer
• Design of components and small assemblies in CAD
• Understanding of drawings, GTOLs, and BOMs
• Excellent communication, presentation, coordination skills & curiosity
• Dedication to drawing conclusions on the most important factors and data
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience designing and executing structural tests for spacecraft
• Large assembly management in Solidworks, PDM, Duro
• Google workspace; Sheets, Slides, Docs. Slack
• Mechanical management of a product or system
• Experience running structural analyses for spacecraft (FEMAP, ANSYS)
• Experience managing external vendors for part prototyping and development
• Optomechanical instrument design
• Software skills in one or more of Python, Matlab, C, C++
• Experience working on thermal management systems for spacecraft
• Shipped hardware designed for spacecraft, aircraft, automotive or similar environments

 

ITAR/EAR Requirements:

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected person as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

 

Salary Range:

The salary range for this role is $110k -$140k and will depend on a candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience as defined during the interview process.