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Skyband Systems has built the M100, a certified avionics system to overcome this threat to safety and operational reliability. The M100 fuses satellite signals from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with inertial sensing to give pilots a trusted position source that doesn't depend on GPS.\nWe're a VC-backed, fast-paced team based in Kirkland, WA, made up of engineers who built and scaled Starlink Aviation at SpaceX. We design, build, test, and fly our own hardware in our own aircraft. Everyone on the team has significant ownership over product areas or problem spaces.\nThe Role\nYou'll join our mechanical team and assist in design and operational engineering scope for the M100 and subsequent products. You will work to improve M100 performance, reliability, and cost throughout its life cycle - from concept to physical aircraft installation, flight test, and fleet operation.\nYou will also help conceptualize and design the next generation of Skyband products. Your products will integrate into a wide variety of airframes, enabling wireless connections to satellites, data bus connections to aircraft, and IP networking to store and analyze data. You will design the future of pilot-focused navigation equipment, and stand up the production line to build it.\nWhat You'll Do\nHelp design the future of aviation PNT with new Skyband products\n\nBuild, test, and refine production M100 avionics assemblies\n\nDesign and build test fixtures and automated test setups for development and production\n\nSupport environmental and EMI/EMC qualification testing to DO-160: planning, execution, and data review\n\nBuild and expand production equipment and tooling\n\nSupport aircraft integration and flight test, including installation and mounting, harnessing, instrumentation, and airframe modifications\n\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor's degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related field\n\n3+ months of hands-on engineering experience from internships, research labs, or student project teams\n\nComfortable with basic shop processes: torque and measurement tools, manual machining, adhesives, surface cleaning and finishing\n\nAuthorized to work in the United States\n\nPreferred Skills and Experience\nYou've designed, built, and tested something yourself (such as project teams, research, or personal projects)\n\nCAD experience (Solidworks, Fusion, or similar)\n\nCAM experience is a plus (MasterCAM, HSMWorks, Fusion CAM, etc)\n\nPython or similar scripting experience for automation and analysis\n\nFinite Element Analysis experience and understanding of core principles\n\nFamiliarity with structural and mechanical strength margins, mechanism designs\n\nExposure to environmental, material, or destructive testing\n\nInterest in aviation, navigation, or GNSS; 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