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Astro Mechanica · 5 hours ago

Mechanical Integration Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $175K/yr

2+ years exp

Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company focused on democratizing high-speed flight. The Mechanical Integration Engineer will lead the development of weight and balance tools, manage mass properties tracking, and collaborate with various teams to resolve integration challenges in aircraft design.

AerospaceManufacturingMechanical Engineering

Responsibilities

Lead the development, maintenance, and automation of weight & balance tools, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and usability across the program

Own mass properties tracking, prediction, and reporting throughout design, build, and test, serving as a source of truth, interfacing with Teamcenter PLM and inventory management tools

Manage mechanical design guidelines that ensure common design practices across the structures, systems, and avionics teams. Downselect, document, and enable CAD and design practices

Manage standard materials selections, standard hardware selections, and standard design element selection by identifying designs that meet requirements and availability, validating designs through test, and ensuring the design team has CAD tools for setting usage

Support structural layout and configuration development with guidance from senior engineers

Collaborate closely with design, manufacturing, and test teams to resolve system-level tradeoffs and integration challenges

Support systems integration and packaging efforts, including system space reservations, clash resolution, and aircraft-level mounting and arrangement concepts

Participate in design reviews, manufacturing support, and testing activities

Qualification

Aerospace mechanical engineeringMass properties understandingSystems integration experienceCADPLM experienceProgramming experienceEngineering tools developmentClear communicatorHands-on mindsetFlexibility in fast-paced environment