5+ years of hands-on mechanical design experience in machinery, automation, or aerospace hardware.
Strong SolidWorks skills, including assemblies, detailed parts, and drawings.
Solid understanding of GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and design for manufacturability.
Experience in taking designs through fabrication, assembly, and testing.
Ability to work across disciplines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
Design mechanical systems and subsystems for automated manufacturing equipment in SolidWorks.
Develop fixtures, frames, motion stages, and machine structures to meet performance, precision, and cost targets.
Apply GD&T and tolerance analysis to ensure manufacturability and reliable assembly.
Collaborate with controls, robotics, and process engineers to integrate automation hardware.
Create build documentation and support fabrication, assembly, and testing of designs.
Iterate from 3D-printed and machined prototypes to production-ready hardware.
Specify mechanical components and interface with vendors.
Benefits
Full-time, exempt position based in Arlington, TX.
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge satellite design and manufacturing.
Collaborative environment with a focus on innovation and technology.
Full Job Description
As a Senior Mechanical Systems Designer, you'll design the mechanical systems that make E-Space's automated production lines run - fixtures, frames, motion assemblies, and the hardware that ties automation together. You'll work hands-on in SolidWorks alongside a Staff designer and the broader manufacturing team, owning subsystems end-to-end and bringing them from concept to qualified production hardware. This position reports to the Manufacturing Engineering leadership team.
What you'll be doing:
Design mechanical systems and subsystems for automated manufacturing equipment in SolidWorks - parts, assemblies, and production drawings.
Develop fixtures, frames, motion stages, and machine structures to meet performance, precision, and cost targets.
Apply GD&T and tolerance analysis to ensure manufacturability and reliable assembly.
Collaborate with controls, robotics, and process engineers to integrate automation hardware.
Create build documentation and support fabrication, assembly, and testing of your designs.
Iterate from 3D-printed and machined prototypes to production-ready hardware.
Specify mechanical components and interface with vendors.
What you will bring to this role:
5+ years of hands-on mechanical design experience in machinery, automation, or aerospace hardware.
Strong SolidWorks skills - assemblies, detailed parts, and drawings.
Solid grasp of GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and design for manufacturability.
Experience taking designs through fabrication, assembly, and test.
Ability to work across disciplines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
Extra points for the following:
Exposure to end-effector / EOAT design.
Experience with ABB or Fanuc robotic integration.
Background in aerospace, semiconductor, or thin-film manufacturing.
This is a full time, exempt position, based out of our Arlington, TX facility.
We are redefining how satellites are designed, manufactured and used - so we're looking for candidates with passion, deep knowledge and direct experience. If that's your experience, then we'll be immediately wow-ed.
