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Overview

An innovative space company in California is developing a new generation of reusable in-space transportation vehicles and is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to take significant ownership across the design, analysis, build, integration, and testing of spacecraft hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Design, analyze, and build spacecraft hardware.
  • Integrate and test mechanical systems including primary and secondary structures, propellant tanks, and docking systems.
  • Work on propulsion components, deployables, actuators, and other mechanical systems.

Requirements

  • Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals across mechanics, materials, and dynamics.
  • Experience designing and analyzing aerospace or spacecraft structures.
  • Strong CAD and FEA experience.
  • Experience with mechanisms, actuators, and/or deployable systems.
  • Hands-on hardware prototyping, testing, integration, and troubleshooting experience.
  • Experience supporting structural or environmental test campaigns.
  • Comfortable working across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Scripting or programming experience is advantageous.
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How this job compares in Los Angeles County, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across California currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$43/hr across 499 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Los Angeles County, CA

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The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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