BESXAR
Head of Mechanical Design Engineering
Washington, DC
Sponsorship not specified$165k-$225kDetected 8 days ago
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About the role
- Mechanical engineering is central to Besxar's ability to turn space into a factory floor.
- Mentor other engineers and contribute technical leadership as the mechanical team grows.
Responsibilities
- Lead mechanical design and R&D for Besxar Fabships, including concept development, trade studies, detailed design, and integration strategy across structures, mechanisms, interfaces, enclosures, and support tooling.
- Directly own major CAD assemblies and product structure/BOM for critical systems; maintain strong configuration discipline, clear interfaces, and high-quality drawing release packages.
- Design with metallic materials and space-rated components, selecting appropriate materials, finishes, fasteners, bearings, seals, sensors, and purchased parts for high-reliability space hardware.
- Translate system requirements into manufacturable mechanical designs that balance performance, mass, stiffness, thermal behavior, contamination sensitivity, serviceability, cost, and schedule.
- Perform and review hand calculations, tolerance stack-ups, GD&T, fit/interface studies, and FEA as needed to close designs with appropriate engineering margin.
- Lead prototype builds and hands-on assembly/integration in the lab; create or review assembly procedures, work instructions, test plans, and inspection criteria.
- Partner with internal technicians and external vendors to move parts from design through fabrication, inspection, assembly, and verification.
- Lead or contribute to design reviews, root-cause investigations, and anomaly resolution with a high bar for clear communication and sound engineering judgment.
- Help define how mechanical engineering is done at Besxar, including CAD conventions, design checklists, part libraries, release processes, and cross-functional review norms.
- You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with systems, electrical, software, materials, manufacturing, and test to build flight hardware on real schedules.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a similar technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong proficiency in a modern 3D CAD platform (e.g., SolidWorks, NX, Creo, CATIA, or similar) and 2D drawing creation, including BOMs, revision control, and PDM/PLM workflows.
- Experience designing with metallic hardware and integrating space-rated or similarly high-reliability components.
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a self-starter in ambiguous environments
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills and Experience
Compensation
- Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand.
Benefits
- The expectation is hands-on leadership across concepting, CAD, release, build, integration, test, failure learning, and design iteration.
Company info
- Besxar Space Industries, Inc. (Besxar) is building off-Earth foundries that use the natural ultra-high vacuum of space as a manufacturing input. Our Fabships are designed to produce trusted, ultra-high-yield semiconductor materials that are difficult or impossible to make on Earth at comparable purity and defect performance.
- We are not building a science project
- we are building a new industrial capability. That means real hardware, rapid iteration, disciplined execution, and a willingness to challenge assumptions from first principles as we design, fly, learn, and improve mission by mission.
- About the Team
- Besxar Space Industries, Inc. (Besxar) is building off-Earth foundries that use the natural ultra-high vacuum of space as a manufacturing input.
- Our Fabships are designed to produce trusted, ultra-high-yield semiconductor materials that are difficult or impossible to make on Earth at comparable purity and defect performance.
- We are not building a science project; we are building a new industrial capability.
- That means real hardware, rapid iteration, disciplined execution, and a willingness to challenge assumptions from first principles as we design, fly, learn, and improve mission by mission.
This listing is sourced directly from BESXAR's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.