# Senior Mechanical Engineer

AST SpaceMobile and our global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. Called SpaceMobile, this ultra-powerful network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G/5G speeds everywhere on the planet - on land, at sea and in flight. Position Overview We are seeking a Staff Senior Mechanical Engineer - Space Electronic Equipment to join our Satellite Mechanical Subsystem & Payload team, with a focus on the mechanical design of electronic equipment for space applications, including electronic units, boxes, and payload electronics. The successful candidate will contribute to design, analysis, specification, testing, and validation activities. The ideal candidate will be innovative, creative, and willing to challenge the status quo, while being capable of working both autonomously and as part of a team. Key Responsibilities: Lead the mechanical design and modelling of space electronic equipment, including housings, PCB mounting and stiffening, connectors and harness interfaces, thermal interfaces, shielding, and grounding provisions. Define mechanical and thermal interfaces with the structure, thermal c

- **Id**: 3983362
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ast-spacemobile-senior-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Barcelona, Spain
- **Countries**: ES
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T16:57:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T00:18:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3991
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing, Mobile Networks

## Company

- **Id**: 2057930
- **Name**: AST SpaceMobile
- **Domain**: ast-science.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ast-science>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 88
- **Open postings**: 227
- **Ghost share**: 0.119
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 114
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **ECSS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T20:42:54Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 114
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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