Honeybee Robotics

Principal Engineer

Longmont, Colorado, United States

$156-194k

Full Time

2 months ago

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Job description

Join the Honeybee Robotics Motion Control team in Longmont, Colorado, and become part of a 40-year legacy as pioneers in space robotics. We specialize in creating advanced motion control solutions for NASA, defense, and commercial programs, and our work has played a critical role in thousands of projects spanning from conceptual design studies to flight missions, including NASA's Artemis I Mission and the Roman Space Telescope. We are seeking technically brilliant individuals who are passionate about their work, thrive in collaborative environments, and have a laser focus on the details that drive excellence.

Honeybee Robotics is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the development and verification of custom mechanisms and electromechanical subsystems for spaceflight applications.

Responsibilities:

Understand the voice of the customer and continually inject that vision into the product development effort.
Develop conceptual designs and work plans for new product development, including estimation of resources required.
Perform top-level architectural design and preliminary analysis/sizing of spaceflight electromechanical hardware.
Act as the primary interface between mechanical and electrical engineering teams
Analyze and define product functional requirements.
Analyze and define subsystem requirements, including mechanical, electronic, embedded systems and software, etc.
Own product functional and validation requirements
Perform hazards and risk analysis and develop mitigation strategies.
Apply engineering principles to and directly participate in the design, fabrication, assembly, and test of various mechatronic systems.
Generate and review fabrication, test, and quality assurance documentation and vendor specifications.

Required Qualifications:

10+ years of post-grad experience developing custom mechatronic products
Experience with rapid prototyping methods, including hardware & software for fast proof-of-concept development
Experience writing and maintaining design and test quality assurance documentation
Demonstrable hands-on experience with all phases of development, including requirements analysis, prototype design, product design, assembly, debugging, and testing
Expert in CAD (e.g., Solidworks or equivalent)
Excellent intra-team and client-facing collaboration and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

3+ years of product development team leadership experience
Previous aerospace industry experience

Compensation and Benefits:

Employee Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and short and long-term disability.
401(k) with immediate vesting and a 4.5% company match (100% on the first 3% and 50% on the next 3%)
Education Reimbursement for certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs
Paid Time Off includes 4 weeks per year, paid parental leave, two floating, and 11 company holidays.

Salary is determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

This job posting is anticipated to close on 11/1/2024.

Applicants for employment at Honeybee Robotics, LLC must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Honeybee Robotics, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

Note: This job posting is intended for direct applicants only. We request that outside recruiters do not contact us regarding this position.