# Spacecraft Mechanical Ground Support Equipment Engineer

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,000-$145,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96372482

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## Description

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

As a GSE design engineer at Astranis, you'll be responsible for designing, fabricating, and maintaining various ground support equipment, fixtures, and tooling for spacecraft assembly, test, lifting, and handling.

**Responsibilities**

- Own the cradle-to-grave design, analysis, fabrication and commissioning of mechanical fixtures and tooling required for spacecraft assembly, integration, testing, lifting and handling.

- Manage the configuration, documentation and lifecycle of all ground support equipment using PLM/PDM systems.

- Define, trade, and develop concepts for tooling interfaces and operating procedures.

- Collaborate with design engineering and production to define fixture and tooling specifications, qualification plans, and introduce to production.

- Collaborate with external vendors and contractors during the design, fabrication, testing and commissioning phases of large-scale tooling.

- Perform mechanical analysis via hand calculations and FEA to ensure tooling meets stability, structural and safety requirements.

- Produce quick-turn or prototype tooling to unblock late-breaking production roadblocks.

- Develop operation, proof-testing, and preventative maintenance plans for all test fixtures and tooling.

**Requirements**

- Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline

- 2+ years professional experience in mechanical design, analysis and fabrication of hardware

- Hands-on experience with handling, lifting, or integration of large, complex assemblies

- Proficiency in 3D CAD and experienced in creating detailed drawing packages per ASME Y14.5

- A passion for hardware development, thriving in a fast-pace environment and hands-on design and development

- Strong cross-functional communication and organizational skills, with a meticulous attention to detail

- Ability to handle multiple tasks and shifting high-level priorities

**Benefits**

- Base pay is $110,000-$145,000 USD

- Significant equity package via incentive stock options

- High-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance

- 401(k) retirement planning

- Flexible PTO

- Free on-site catered meals

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- 3D CAD
- FEA
- mechanical design
- fabrication
- hardware development

### Nice to have
- industry safety and structural design standards
- automation
- pneumatics
- hydraulics
- basic controls
- FEA software
- aerospace applications

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