# Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer

Company NewOrbit builds satellites that fly in very low Earth orbit, below 300 km, along with the electric propulsion that keeps them there. Flying closer to Earth means sharper imagery from smaller optics, and an orbit that cleans itself: our satellites de-orbit within a month at end of life, leaving no debris. Our AURA family of RF gridded ion thrusters powers our own NEO-1 satellite, with first flight planned for Q3 2028, and is also offered to other operators. Electric propulsion is what lets our satellites hold very low orbits, and our AURA RF gridded ion thruster is at the centre of it. Your Role We are seeking a Structural Engineer to support the design, analysis, testing, and qualification of structures for our VLEO satellite missions. You will work across the full development lifecycle of flight hardware, from early structural modelling and design reviews through environmental testing and validation, helping ensure the reliability and survivability of spacecraft operating in one of the harshest orbital environments. You will work closely with mechanical, thermal, propulsion, systems, and AIT teams to develop structurally robust hardware capable of surviving launch and sust

- **Id**: 4080525
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/neworbit-spacecraft-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Reading, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-14T17:16:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-05-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T17:04:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 181
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4696
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Health insurance, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Earth Observation

## Company

- **Id**: 679537
- **Name**: NewOrbit
- **Domain**: neworbit.space
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/neworbit>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.667
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 55
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Abaqus** — Optional: no
- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **ECSS** — Optional: no
- **Nastran** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 181

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T17:04:03Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 8; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 13
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.476
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 181
- **Expected fill days**: 55
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T18:32:22Z

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