What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Mechanisms Engineer position at EVONA?
Position Overview
Launch your career in Space. We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Associate Mechanisms Engineer to support the assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) of spacecraft mechanisms. This is a hands-on role working closely with design, test, and production teams to ensure the successful build, qualification, and delivery of space mechanisms and subsystems.
Key Responsibilities
Education
Launch your career in Space. We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Associate Mechanisms Engineer to support the assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) of spacecraft mechanisms. This is a hands-on role working closely with design, test, and production teams to ensure the successful build, qualification, and delivery of space mechanisms and subsystems.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Production during spacecraft mechanism build, integration, and verification.
- Perform and support mechanism and subsystem-level testing.
- Develop test requirements, processes, materials, and tooling for vibration, shock, TVAC, and assembly activities.
- Participate in design, analysis, and trade studies to determine appropriate AIT strategies.
- Work with Design Engineering to improve manufacturing flow, cost, and hardware layout.
- Collect and analyze test data and prepare detailed engineering reports.
- Troubleshoot hardware anomalies and failures, perform root-cause analysis, and support corrective actions.
- Contribute to mechanism design improvements based on findings during testing and production.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 0–2 years of relevant experience in aerospace, precision hardware assembly, integration, or testing.
- Space-qualified mechanisms such as actuators, release devices, hinges, latches, or deployment systems.
- Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and nonconformance resolution.
- Spacecraft or aerospace Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT).
- Environmental testing including vibration, shock, and thermal vacuum (TVAC).
- Cleanroom practices and contamination control.
- ECAD/MCAD integration, configuration control, and product data management.
- Relevant standards or certifications including IPC-A-610/J-STD-001, NASA-STD-8739, ECSS-Q-ST-70, AS9100, or Six Sigma.
- CAD: Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, NX, Creo, or similar.
- Analysis: FEA experience is beneficial.
- PDM/PLM: Fusion or equivalent systems.
- Testing: LabVIEW or similar data acquisition/test systems is preferred.
- General: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.