Senior Mechanical Engineer

Team: Engineering, Manufacturing & Operations

Location: Toulouse

Commitment: Full-Time

Workplace Type: onsite

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the design of high precision opto mechanical assemblies using CAD and finite element modeling tools, owning the approach to active and passive optical alignment across the program
• Own mechanical and thermo mechanical analysis of assemblies exposed to space environmental loads, including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum conditions, and stand behind the numbers
• Create design criteria and negotiate and own requirements directly with optical, thermal, structural, and manufacturing partners, driving system level optimization across the mechanical subsystem
• Own hardware from first concept through high volume production, launch, and on orbit operation, building new opto mechanical systems rather than sustaining an existing line, with full accountability for outcomes at every stage
• Own fabrication, assembly, and test of flight builds, including assembly fixtures, pre assembly quality checks, metrology plans, and hands on cleanroom integration for low volume production
• Drive design for manufacturing decisions directly with CNC machining suppliers, cutting piece part and process count and error proofing every step of fabrication and integration
• Represent the mechanical subsystem in cross functional design reviews and program milestones, and make the call at the system level
• Step into adjacent optical, thermal, or manufacturing engineering work whenever the program needs it, since at this size no discipline stays fully siloed

What you bring to this role

• 5+ years owning mechanical or opto mechanical hardware for space applications, from design through production, that you can point to today
• Used 3D CAD (CATIA, SolidWorks, or equivalent) and FEM or structural analysis tools to own the design of a mechanical assembly currently in production or flight
• Owned the design of an active or passive optical alignment system that shipped or flew, and can describe the specific alignment decisions you made
• Directed CNC machining suppliers and precision manufacturing processes to take a specific component from design to production, and can name the part and the calls that were yours
• Delivered hardware end to end in a fast paced, cross functional engineering environment, and can point to what shipped and what your role was

Bonus points

• Owned qualification of hardware against space environmental requirements (vibration, shock, thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, cleanliness) and can describe the test campaign and its outcome
• Built and integrated hardware by hand in a cleanroom for low volume production, and can describe the specific build
• Owned a step in a satellite assembly, integration, and test workflow start to finish
• Used Zemax OpticStudio or equivalent to make a design decision on a system that shipped, and can describe the trade
• Challenged your own assumption or a stated requirement on a real design
• Put in extended hours or weekends when a real mission deadline called for it on a past program, and can describe what was on the line

Additional Requirements

This is a fast-paced, high-impact environment - flexibility to work extended hours or weekends during critical periods is expected.