Amazon Senior Mechanical Engineer Kuiper Government 

United States, California, Los Angeles 

419570724

Key job responsibilities
- Perform mechanical design and layout trade studies for satellite payloads or structures, ground based communication equipment, and test support hardware contributing to overall system architecture including inputs and requirements from cross discipline teams - Electrical, RF, Optical, Thermal, Dynamics, Mechanisms, Materials, Manufacturing, Assembly, and Test
- Conduct or oversee structural and thermal analysis via finite element methods as needed to support design work and to demonstrate that technical solutions will meet the needs and requirements of the customer’s mission and application
- Facilitate cost trades on multiple parallel configurations for cost/manufacturability vs design uncertainty
- Generate detailed designs via CAD systems and engineering drawings with appropriate geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
- Deliver well-written documentation, reports, and presentations for technical design reviews and as part of proposal efforts
- Design and support test campaigns, both development and qualification/acceptance, for space hardware.
- Interact directly with customers to understand technical requirements, and translate them into technically robust solutions backed by data and analysisSecurity Clearance: This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance of TS/SCI.

- BSME from ABET accredited university
- 8+ years experience as a mechanical engineer and designer
- 1+ years experience with structural engineering analysis methods and tools
- 1+ years experience with thermal engineering analysis and tools

- Masters Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent
- 5+ years designing space based electro-mechanical systems
- 3+ years using NX CAD for model and drawing creation
- 3+ years experience with structural and thermal analysis tools (e.g. FeMap, Nastran, Thermal Desktop, Ansys tools )