Satellite Design Engineer

Irvine, CA
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design metallic structures and propulsion fluid systems under accelerated timelines
  • Review specifications and other engineering data to develop mechanical systems
  • Update designs and drawings through engineering change orders to support our rapid pace of design iteration
  • Create a detailed component and assembly drawings incorporating an understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 2+ years of mechanical design and drafting experience
  • Experience with 3D CAD software
  • Solid understanding and application of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups
  • Spacecraft design experience

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Hands-on experience working on teams designing hardware in a highly constrained system under defined timelines
  • Familiarity with welded structures and fluid systems
  • Ability to manage large assembly models and drawings
  • Ability to work and communicate well with minimal supervision
  • Creative problem solver that can bring multiple disciplines together to achieve buy-in for a unified design direction
  • Self-motivated with strong multi-tasking, organizational, communication, and documentation skills

About Turion Space

Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not

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Job details

Salary

$70,000 - $135,000

Equity

0.25% - 0.5%

Location

Irvine, CA

Experience

1+ years

Company

NameTurion Space
IndustryAviation and Space
Team Size15

Funding

Total raised

$112M

Last stage

Series B

Investors

WWashington Harbour Partners
VVeteran Ventures Capital
Y Combinator

Founders

TP

Tyler Pierce

Tyler James Pierce

Tyler James Pierce

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Ryan Westerdahl

Ryan Westerdahl

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Patryk Wiatr

Patryk Wiatr

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.