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Mechanical & Structural Engineer — Space
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Orbital
Los Angeles, CA (In Person)
$160,000 Salary, Full-Time
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Mechanical & Structural Engineer — Space Orbital - 4.5 Los Angeles, CA Job Details Full-time From $160,000 a year 23 hours ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Qualifications Structural engineering practices Thermal control Aerospace design FEA Design of mechanical systems Solar energy Structural analysis Full Job Description Orbital is building AI data centers in space. We're hiring a mechanical engineer to own satellite bus design and deployable structures. You'd architect the spacecraft that hosts GPU compute in orbit — including the deployable solar arrays and the deployable radiator panel that make orbital compute physically possible. This is the hardest unsolved mechanical engineering problem in orbital compute: building a satellite that folds into a launch fairing and unfolds reliably into a structure that can power and cool a server rack in vacuum. What you'll do: Lead bus architecture Design the deployable solar wings and the deployable radiator panel Own structural, thermal-mechanical, and deployment mechanisms across the stack What we're looking for: 5+ years spacecraft mechanical / structural engineering experience Hands-on work with deployable structures (solar arrays, antennas, radiators, booms) Strong fundamentals in structural FEA, thermal control, and launch loads Comfort with early-stage ambiguity and shipping fast US person status (ITAR)