# Senior Mechanical Engineer

Hiring organization: [Astranis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/astranis)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8abfd96f-bc2d-4de6-91f9-1e8ad4647c89

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 145000 – 195000 USD per year

## Summary

Astranis seeks a senior mechanical engineer to own the complete design and lifecycle of spacecraft subsystems, from requirements through on-orbit operation, while mentoring junior engineers. This role suits someone with aerospace or spacecraft experience who enjoys hands-on hardware development and can lead a small team through complex engineering challenges.

_Our summary, not Astranis's wording._

## Skills named

ANSYS, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), SolidWorks

## Required

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or equivalent
- 4-15+ years of mechanical design experience
- Strong CAD design skills in Solidworks
- Finite Element analysis experience with Femap or Ansys
- Knowledge of GD&T and design for manufacturability
- Demonstrated ability to design and procure complex mechanical assemblies with 30-40 components in aerospace or similar industry
- Passion for hardware development in fast-paced environments
- Experience mentoring and supporting junior engineers
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status

## Nice to have

- Experience defining vibration environments and running mechanical testing on spacecraft components
- Experience running a development program while delegating to a small team
- Experience synthesizing requirements and flowing them down to sub-scale verification builds and testing

Apply on Astranis's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/astranis/jobs/4133327006