Mechanical Engineering Development Program (3 Months - Path to Hire)

A New Paradigm For Space Operations.

What You’ll Do: 
As a Mechanical Engineering team member, you will work with the Space Kinetic manufacturing and engineering team to finalize the current prototype's CAD design. This role involves enhancing the design through precise tolerancing across all prototype development stages, finalizing mechanism designs, and delivering detailed CAD drawings for manufacturing. You will collaborate with vendors to source components, support finite element analysis (FEA) simulations for the system, and create models for both the current prototype and the full-scale system. 

What It Takes: 

• A Graduate of a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering or a related degree at an accredited college or university
• Passion for design, manufacturing and testing of space systems and/or mechanisms 
• Experience in solid modeling, drawing release of structures, actuator mechanisms 
• Experience with CAD software (SolidWorks) 
• Ability to maintain or obtain Government Security Clearance. 

 What We’d Love: 

• Master's degree or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. Compensation will be commensurate with experience, education, and demonstrated technical depth.
• Experience with Mechanical FEA tools
• Curiosity for testing in-space operations 
• Passion for the commercial and government space industry. 
• Passion for spacecraft or launch vehicle system development. 
• Experience with CNC Machining and / or Additive Manufacturing

Where You’ll Be: 

• The position is onsite at our headquarters in El Segundo, CA.

Compensation: 

This position is paid hourly based on the candidate’s highest completed degree at the time of hire:

• Bachelor’s degree: $30 per hour
• Master’s degree: $35 per hour
• PhD: $42 per hour

ITAR Requirements:  
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR here 

Equal Employment Opportunity: 
Space Kinetic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.