AST SpaceMobile

Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer, DMU, Mass Properties

AST SpaceMobile

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Assembly

About the role

  • Support satellite mechanical/structural and payload development across both non-recurring engineering (NRE) and recurring programs.
  • Create and manage full spacecraft CAD assemblies, including skeleton models, subsystem interfaces, and flight hardware.
  • Develop and maintain mass properties databases for all satellite and launch configurations.
  • Implement CAD-based controls to validate mass properties tracking.
  • Develop and maintain interface control drawings (ICDs), detailed manufacturing drawings, assembly drawings, and Bills of Material (BOM).
  • Perform mechanical/structural subsystem and payload trade studies to optimize system architecture for performance, mass, cost, and manufacturability.
  • Support preparation of preliminary and detailed mechanical designs.
  • Provide technical support to procurement, production, assembly, and testing for spacecraft structures and hardware.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of mechanical and structural designs into the spacecraft system.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical field.
  • A minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in spacecraft mechanical/structural design.
  • Demonstrated experience with CAD large assembly management and optimization.
  • Expertise in design-for-manufacturability for satellite assemblies (preferred).
  • Familiarity with launch and on-orbit environmental requirements (preferred).
  • Experience supporting procurement and production processes for aerospace hardware (preferred).
Benefits
  • Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
CADmass properties databasesinterface control drawingsmanufacturing drawingsassembly drawingsBills of Materialmechanical designstructural designdesign-for-manufacturabilitytrade studies
Soft Skills
collaborationtechnical support
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering