{"id":2866503,"url":"https://alion.io/job/star-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer","title":"Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer","company":{"id":1906176,"name":"Star Catcher","domain":"star-catcher.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/star-catcher","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Jacksonville, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":77000,"max_usd":146000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":6333},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-19T16:22:48Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-19","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T12:19:23Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":9,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":9},"description":"Power the future of Space at Star Catcher\nStar Catcher is building the first energy grid in space to power the orbital economy.\nToday’s spacecraft must generate all of their own power, which caps what they can do and how long they can operate. But what if they could “plug” into a grid, the way buildings do on Earth? Instead of cables and outlets, Star Catcher is building the technology to wirelessly beam energy to spacecraft’s existing solar panels when and where they need it.\nBe an early member of a team building an entirely new energy infrastructure at scale to power the next frontier.\nStar Catcher Industries, Inc., located in Jacksonville, Florida, has an opportunity for a Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. As a subject matter expert (SME), the ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with all phases of the spacecraft mechanical design process, including vehicle configuration, mass properties, interface control, drafting standards and GD&T, drawing release, and producibility.\nKey Responsibilities\nOwn the mechanical configuration of the spacecraft, including internal layout, keep-out zones, access and serviceability, and the stowed and deployed envelopes of deployable structures. \nOwn the spacecraft mass properties budget, allocate mass, center of gravity, and inertia to subsystems, and approve growth and margin positions at each design review. \nOwn the interfaces to subcontractor, customer, and launch vehicle hardware. Communicate with all stakeholders to ensure Interface Control Documents (ICDs) are accurate and current. \nEstablish the drafting standard and GD&T practice for mechanical engineering, including drawing formats, tolerancing convention, and part numbering. \nDefine and run the drawing review and release process, including release states, engineering change, and the router package that follows hardware through fabrication. \nDrive the principles of electronics enclosure designs to mount circuit cards and other electrical components. Coordinate with the Electrical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Structural Analysis teams to ensure enclosure designs protect sensitive electronics forLead the design of electronics enclosures that mount circuit cards and other electrical components. Coordinate with the Electrical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, and Structural Analysis teams to ensure enclosure designs protect sensitive electronics in launch and space environments. \nEstablish and maintain Autodesk Inventor templates, standard parts libraries, and modeling practices to ensure consistent and reusable designs are released across the team.\nDirect detail design across the mechanical team, and approve models and drawings for release.\nOwn producibility standards and make-versus-buy logic for mechanical hardware, and set supplier drawing and inspection requirements. \nServe as the technical focal point for mechanical design across structures, mechanisms, thermal, optical, avionics, and manufacturing. \nSupport the systems engineering team in writing detailed requirements for mechanical hardware functionality and the methods for verification. \nMentor engineers, and establish design review practice and documentation standards for the discipline. \nCreate technical documentation for proposals, design reviews, and test reports for executing on program deliverables and winning of new programs.\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in mechanical, structural, or aerospace engineering, or a related field, and a minimum of ten years of experience in spacecraft or flight hardware mechanical design.\nDemonstrated leadership of space systems development, including ownership of a major assembly from concept through build and flight. \nExperience establishing or owning a drafting standard and GD&T practice per ASME Y14.5, and a drawing release process in a PDM. \nExperience owning a vehicle mass properties budget, including allocation to subsystems, growth tracking, and reporting at design reviews. \nExperience with mechanical chassis design for electrical components involving wedgelocks, connectors, backplanes, flex circuits, thermal interface material, heatsinks, EMI/EMC shielding, encapsulation, cable management, etc. \nExpert proficiency in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent, including large assembly management.\nExperience driving producibility and make-versus-buy decisions with machine shops, fabricators, and suppliers of flight hardware. \nExperience evaluating and selecting space-qualified adhesives, sealants, and threadlockers for flight hardware, with the ability to write technical work instructions directing application and curing methods. \nCreative problem-solving skills, with the capability to develop innovative solutions to advanced engineering challenges.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster's or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related field.\nExperience with deployable structures and configuration control of stowed and deployed states. \nExperience with composite, bonded, or lightweight panel construction and the associated fabrication processes. \nExperience administering CAD and PDM environments, including template, library, and automation development with iLogic, Python, or equivalent. \nFamiliarity regulations and standards relevant to space missions and operations. \nAbility to effectively communicate and work in a multidisciplinary team setting while prioritizing tasks, multiple projects, and personnel.\nHelp us deploy and scale space infrastructure that will drive our utilization of space forward! We offer a highly competitive benefits package including access to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, and paid parental leave, in addition to other benefits.\nStar Catcher is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Star Catcher is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\nAll offers of employment at Star Catcher are contingent upon results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.\nTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6781,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance","Parental leave","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Space & Aerospace","Space Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-19T17:54:11Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":88,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.882,"p_room":1,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":36,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/star-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/star-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T13:19:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":20007,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1906176},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1906176"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fstar-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fstar-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fstar-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/star-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fstar-catcher-senior-spacecraft-mechanical-design-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2866503}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"star-catcher.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2866503},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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