What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer - Space Systems position at Novium Ltd?
ABOUT NOVIUM
Novium is a broadly focused, value centered engineering firm with roots that run deep in the high-tech fields of space and robotics. Our mission is to enable our clients to undergo revolutionary technological change by harnessing the power of robotics, automation, and electrification to usher in the next era of industry. We embody a “Give First” mentality and value integrity, teamwork, personal growth, and technical excellence. These values serve as a foundation for meaningful work and relationships, a positive company culture, and ultimately generate innovative products for our clients.
If you share our values and have a passion for solving hard problems, we invite you to join our team at Novium.
THE OPPORTUNITY
You will assume a role as a technical leader and be given the reigns to develop innovative solutions to challenging problems across a wide variety of industries. This role will require you to take full ownership of a problem and think like a systems engineer as you work closely alongside electrical, software, and controls engineers. The successful candidate will be a team player with strong communication skills who is eager to learn new things, step outside their comfort zone, and run headfirst into a challenge. As a member of rapidly growing company there is significant opportunity to grow your role, help shape our organization, and make a real impact. The only limitations are your own.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Full life cycle development of hardware starting from initial system architecting and concepts all the way through design, analysis, prototype, assembly, testing, qualification, and deployment.
- Perform and document analyses on projects, including hand calcs, FEA, and CAD.
- Collaborate with stake holders across disciplines to satisfy mechanical requirements for electronics integration and control systems
- Lead design reviews internally and externally with customers
- Communicate frequently and effectively with team members
- Be responsible for deadlines
- Be technically excellent and accountable for your work
- Constantly strive to improve your own technical skills, company processes, and be willing to both teach and learn from your peers
- Travel when required to support hardware assembly, testing, and integration
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field
- 5 years of professional experience in mechanical design and analysis leveraging CAD and FEA software packages
- 3 years of professional experience in design and analysis of spaceflight mechanisms or structures.
- Demonstrated ability to perform on a highly technical and cross disciplinary hardware development team
- Demonstrated ability to understand and apply of GD&T
- Demonstrated ability to create, maintain, and improve processes involved in the practice of engineering and product development
- Familiarity and proficiency with basic hand tools (wrenches, sockets, drivers, saws, etc)
- Competency to design for manufacturing using basic methods including machining, turning, and 3D printing
- Demonstrated ability to run design reviews, generate requirements, create product specifications and documentation, and perform end to end product testing
- Demonstrated ability to use data and analysis to inform data driven decisions
- Proof of US Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is required
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Master’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- 10 years of professional experience in mechanical design and analysis
- 8 years of professional experience in design and analysis of spaceflight mechanisms or structures.
- Experience at a lean engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints
