Mechanical Engineer

Toulouse - France

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Wanna join the adventure

Lofts mission is to be the fastest simplest and most reliable path to orbit for any payload. We fly customer payloads onboard regularly scheduled satellites missions and we handle the entire mission as a service. The Mechanical and Thermal Engineering team is critical to developing the standardized products to enable this mission as well as adapting the standard products to specific customer payloads. We perform clean sheet development as well as supporting production integration and test. As a Mechanical Engineer you will own complex hardware throughout the lifecycle and work closely with partner teams (flight software embedded systems integration & test and on-orbit operations).

About this Role:

Own MGSE hardware from conceptual design through test and production for Loft satellites
Develop design criteria collaborate on requirements and drive satellite system optimization
Rapidly iterate on designs and analysis to inform high level systems trades and steer overall product direction.
Support environmental and performance testing on hardware to validate analysis and demonstrate compliance to design criteria
Demonstrate strong ownership of technical deliverables as well as schedules supply chain and operations.

Must Haves:

Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
3 year of design experience using 3D CAD software and 2D drawings
Evidence of successful hardware ownership
Experience selecting materials and surface treatments and designing for manufacturing of mechanical components in microgravity
Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
Ability and desire to operate in a fast-paced environment with autonomy

Nice to Haves:

Satellite hardware ownership (structures mechanisms RF payloads avionics)
Proficiency in SolidWorks
Thermal and Structural design and analysis - both hand calculations and FEM.
Experience designing avionics enclosures and harnessing for PCBAs.

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

Equity we want you to have an active role in our success
Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours we want you to be at your best
Health and life insurance we care about your health
Lunch Vouchers because lets be honest we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it #loft-gourmand)
Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco Colorado and Toulouse to learn from our differences
Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together
Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable

*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft we value respectful debate and people who arent afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you dont check all the boxes.

Who We Are

Loft: Space Made Simple.

Founded in 2017 Loft provides governments companies and research institutions with a fast reliable and flexible way to deploy missions in orbit.

We integrate launch and operate spacecraft offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation IoT connectivity in-orbit demonstrations national security missions and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 25 missions flown Lofts flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.

At Loft youll be given the autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges but with a close-knit and supportive team at your back. We believe that diversity and community are the foundation of an open culture. We are committed to hiring the best people regardless of background and make their time at Loft the most fulfilling period of their career.

We value kind supportive and team-oriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator. As our team is international you will need strong English skills to better collaborate easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages.

With 4 satellites on-orbit and a wave of exciting missions launching soon we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco CA Golden CO and Toulouse France.

As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.

Wanna join the adventureLofts mission is to be the fastest simplest and most reliable path to orbit for any payload. We fly customer payloads onboard regularly scheduled satellites missions and we handle the entire mission as a service. The Mechanical and Thermal Engineering team is critical to deve...