Mechanical Engineer

Space Technical Recruiter @ EVONA | 100+ engineers placed into pioneering space companies across the US | Helping scale mission-critical teams 🚀 The Mission

You will be building next-generation spacecraft infrastructure that turns orbit into a repeatable, reliable environment, not a one-way mission. The focus is reusability, rapid turnaround, and hardware that can fly, return, refurbish, and fly again.

This is a hands-on structures role owning spacecraft primary and secondary structures end to end. Design, analyse, build, test, iterate. No silos, no hand-offs.

You’ll take a novel spacecraft structure from concept through flight and reflight, working closely with technical leadership in a fast-moving environment.

• Design and analyse lightweight metallic and composite structures
• Own vehicle layout, interfaces, and structural trade studies
• Deliver FEM for launch provider and vehicle-level analysis
• Support integration, test, GSE design, and qualification
• Define test requirements for qualification and acceptance
• Work directly with vendors, partners, and stakeholders

• 8+ years in spacecraft, launch, or re-entry structures
• Proven ownership of flight hardware from concept to delivery
• Strong FEA capability (static, dynamic, transient)
• Hands‑on build, integration, and test experience
• Excellent fundamentals in structures, materials, and manufacturing
• Confident with GD&T and 3D CAD (NX preferred)

• Reusable or hot structures
• Fatigue and composites
• Startup or early‑stage environments

• First‑of‑its‑kind reusable spacecraft hardware
• Real ownership and technical autonomy
• High impact work with visible outcomes
• Small, elite team tackling hard problems fast

Apply to find out more!

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Defense and Space Manufacturing and Space Research and Technology