Mechanical Design Engineer
Current• Design, analyze and fabricate robust and reliable solutions for housing and protecting electronic hardware on spacecraft and other flight projects• Develop mechanical ground support equipment to aid in testing and integration of flight and non-flight hardware• Model electronics packaging solutions in NX CAD software for structural and thermal analyses• Draft and release component and assembly level drawings using current ASME standards and applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing• Perform initial finite element analyses on new designs for proof of concept using NX• Develop and execute test plans on prototype hardware to validate and qualify new designs• Communicate with electrical and spacecraft engineering to understand size, thermal and structural requirements• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering to ensure manufacturability of designs• Coordinate with project management and subject matter experts to hold design reviews and implement design changes