Senior Mechanical Systems Designer
Espace · Arlington, Texas, United States · onsite
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.