# Mechanisms Flight Engineer

Hiring organization: [AST SpaceMobile](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/ast-spacemobile)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2b5173d2-f295-4514-9cac-b6537bde5696

Listed on AST SpaceMobile's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Mid
- Location: Lanham, MD

## Summary

This role verifies and operates spacecraft deployment and actuation systems through integration testing, bringing up mechanism electronics and validating flight procedures in a flatsat environment. It suits an engineer with hands-on spacecraft systems experience who can troubleshoot across mechanical, electrical, and firmware domains and execute time-critical operational procedures.

_Our summary, not AST SpaceMobile's wording._

## Skills named

Git, Jira, Microsoft Office, Python

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace or related engineering
- 3+ years hands-on spacecraft integration and test or flight hardware operations
- Electronics bring-up and mechanism actuation control experience
- Electrical troubleshooting using laboratory instrumentation
- Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and ICDs
- Experience with automated test procedures and scripting
- Connector verification and electrical interface testing

## Nice to have

- Direct spacecraft mechanisms or flatsat environment experience
- Experience commanding and monitoring deployment or actuation events
- Motor drive and actuator control systems knowledge (brushed DC, brushless DC, stepper motors, encoders, closed-loop positioning)
- Spacecraft commissioning and deployment operations experience
- Anomaly investigation and root-cause analysis support
- Spaceflight hardware development familiarity
- Embedded C/C++ exposure

Apply on AST SpaceMobile's site: https://ast-science.com/company/careers/?gh_jid=4711904005