
Nanoracks is an entrepreneurial aerospace company focusing on providing commercial access to space, currently on the International Space Station (ISS), suborbital vehicles, expendable launch vehicles, and more! We have sent over nearly 1,000 payloads to the Space Station, kickstarted the CubeSat deployment revolution, and have customers in over 30 nations.
Since 2009, Nanoracks has created and expanded new in-space markets and has been the world leader for ushering in a new era of in-space services. Currently, Nanoracks is working to build commercial space stations (“Outposts”) from the spent upper stages of launch vehicles in orbit. This technology will enable spent upper stages to be used as crewed and un-crewed space stations for various purposes and customers—both civil and commercial.
Nanoracks will provide and facilitate an ecosystem of interoperable technologies and distributed free flying space stations. You can read our approach here.
Description:
Nanoracks is looking for a Lead Mechanical Engineer to design, develop and test aerospace mechanical/structural equipment, components, and systems. This person shall apply engineering principles and methods to generate mechanical/structural designs and select components to complete a system design. This person will also oversee fabrication efforts for these systems and perform testing and troubleshooting of the systems. This person will lead and mentor less experienced engineers.
Role/Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
You love space, because we do too.
Competitive with industry standard.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.15) or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
The selected candidate will be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)