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Intuitive Machines · 2 months ago

Senior Mechanisms Engineer - Lunar Terrain Vehicle

Glen Burnie, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$95K/yr - $203K/yr

10+ years exp

Intuitive Machines is an innovative space company focused on making cislunar space accessible for various missions. They are seeking a Senior Mechanisms Engineer to lead the design, development, and testing of mechanisms for lunar vehicles, ensuring integration with cross-functional teams and managing supplier relationships.

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Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Serve as end-to-end Product Design Lead (PDL) for one or more mechanisms on the LTV

Serve as technical lead for bearing design/analysis, geartrain development, and actuator integration across the LTV

Oversee seal design, sourcing, and verification, ensuring long-life operation in lunar environments

Develop performance specifications for Stepper and BLDC actuators, lead procurement, and oversee testing/characterization

Lead subsystem reviews, requirements definition, and verification planning

Interface with cross-disciplinary teams (structures, thermal, avionics, software) to integrate mechanisms into the vehicle

Drive supplier selection, negotiation, and performance management for machine shops and secondary vendors

Perform mechanism analyses including bearing and gear calculations, force and torque margins, lubricant life analysis, rigid and flexible body dynamic simulations

Generate CAD and drawings of mechanical hardware; perform optimization studies, interference checks, tolerance analysis

Devise test programs to demonstrate key mission activities; design test apparatus and data collection systems

Identify key technical risks/gaps and rapidly prototype and evaluate hardware to drive risks to closure

Own the design and implementation of integrated subsystem performance tests

Perform environmental testing to include test plans, test execution, and test results evaluation

Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, ensuring knowledge transfer and best practices

Represent mechanisms engineering at customer and program reviews

Qualification

Bearing designGeartrain analysisStepper actuatorsBrushless DC actuatorsCreoWindchillGD&TEnvironmental testingRobotic manipulatorsProposal writingTechnical leadershipCross-functional teamwork

Required

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field; M.S./Ph.D. preferred

Minimum of 10+ years of experience

Deep expertise in bearing design, geartrain analysis, seal systems, lubrication, stepper and brushless DC actuators and controllers

Proven ability to manage end-to-end flight hardware procurements, vendors, budgets, and schedules

Advanced proficiency with Creo and Windchill

Proficiency with ASME Y14.5 geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

Familiarity with performance requirements development for mechanical and electromechanical systems

Experience with the generation of work orders, assembly procedures and test plans for mechanisms functional, vibration, thermal vacuum and life testing

Familiarity with standard practices for assembly and environmental testing of space flight mechanisms as well as the tooling and ground support equipment associated with these tests

Familiarity with spaceflight mechanisms topics including motors, bearings and lubricants, geared systems, release mechanisms and robotic systems, and the integration of electrical components such as wire harnesses into these systems

Familiarity with commonly used space and commercial specifications for materials, processes, fasteners, mechanical components, connectors, wiring, etc

Familiarity with common space industry additive and conventional metallic and composite manufacturing processes

Familiarity with motion simulation software and finite element analysis tools