Northwood Space Corp

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Torrance, CA · Senior

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CybersecuritySiemens NXANSYSThermal AnalysisMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringCommunication

About the role

If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.
You will work closely with RF engineers, electrical engineers, manufacturing engineers, and software engineers.

Design multiple product lines, structures, mechanisms, environmental systems, and GSE for satellite ground stations ensuring performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
Design manufacturable, intricate RF waveguide filtering and feed structures for high performance antennas
Design tooling for fabrication and assembly processes, including test fixtures and weldments.
Collaborate with RF, electrical, and manufacturing to ensure reasonable system requirements and seamless integration of designs and hardware.
Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices in mechanical, thermal, and environmental design.
Participate in design reviews and provide feedback to ensure design objectives are met.
Northwood is seeking a talented Mechanical Engineer to join our dynamic team, specializing in the design of structures, systems, tooling, and other products for our ground station antennas.
This role will involve designing and developing hardware that will be deployed all over the world as well as fabrication and assembly tooling, test fixtures, and more.

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of experience designing and building hardware.
Experience with taking a product from concept to production.
Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, including thermal management, materials selection, and structural analysis.
Experience with weldments, tooling, GSE, and fixture design and assembly.
Your ability to secure the necessary clearance is essential for fulfilling key responsibilities of the role.

Proficiency in Siemens NX for 3D modeling, assembly, and drafting
Understanding of environmental and reliability testing procedures for mechanical systems.
Experience with mechanical/thermal simulation tools (e.g. ANSYS)
Basic understanding of RF systems and devices.

Compensation at Northwood Space is based on role, level, location, and alignment with market data.
Individual base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary depending on job-related skills, education, experience, and technical expertise.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at Northwood.
Benefits include equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, 15 days of PTO per year, 10 or more paid holidays per year, 5 sick days per year, retirement savings plans, and opportunities for professional development.

In addition to base rate, Northwood Space offers long-term incentives such as company stock options and discretionary performance bonuses.

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology.
We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response.
With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions.
If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment

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