Reflect Orbital · 2 months ago
Mechatronics Engineer
Hawthorne HQ
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$90K/yr - $160K/yrReflect Orbital is a company focused on innovative space solutions, and they are seeking a Mechatronics Engineer. The role involves designing and implementing electromechanical systems, ensuring the functionality and integration of hardware and software for deployment systems on their vehicle.
AerospaceEnergyManufacturingRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Design and implement the actuation and control scheme for deploying our reflectors
Take hardware and software from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations
Design, program, tune and debug motor control hardware
Own the interfaces between and integration of actuators and controllers with the rest of the avionics system
De-risk the performance of complex actuation systems with a significant amount of hands-on prototyping and testing
Qualification
Required
You've lead or participated in anomaly investigations for space mechanisms
You've designed and programmed motor controllers before from scratch
You have a deep understanding of how motors and motor control works
You have enough mechanical design experience to do quick prototyping work
You have strong experience collaboratively designing complex interdependent systems
You've debugged novel actuation systems before in a scrappy environment with lots of iterative testing
Benefits
Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy
Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K
Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year encouraged
Healthy lunches provided daily
Company
Reflect Orbital
Reflect Orbital is a solar company that offers solar powered tech and products.
Founded in 2021
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$28.7MKey Investors
Lux CapitalSequoia CapitalStarship Ventures
2025-05-14Series A· $20M
2024-09-23Seed· $6.5M
2022-12-15Pre Seed· $2.2M
Leadership Team
Ben Nowack
Chief Executive Officer
Tristan Semmelhack
Co-Founder, CTO
Recent News
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