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Lead Mechanical Engineer, Vehicle Engineering at Astrolab

Department: Vehicle Engineering

Compensation

$157,000 – $190,000/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Hawthorne, California
Type
Full-time
Level
lead/mgmt
Posted

Description

Astrolab is hiring a Lead Structures Engineer to design, develop, test, and operate planetary rovers and related hardware. The role owns high-performance designs for challenging environments, establishes structures design and analysis practices, develops mechanical and thermal platforms, builds engineering tools, manages design-program progress, and mentors junior engineers. Candidates need a STEM bachelor’s degree, at least four years of space-company design experience, and experience with space design principles, finite element analysis, test design and execution, hardware development, and leading design programs.

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