Jobs at Astro Mechanica

Director of Marketing at Astro Mechanica, a vertically integrated aerospace company. This executive role involves building and owning the company's brand and marketing engine from the ground up, defining brand voice, visual identity, and messaging systems, and leading campaigns to tell the company's story across all external touchpoints.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Procurement Associate to manage the acquisition of critical parts, materials, equipment, and services for their aerospace teams. This role involves identifying demand signals, prospecting vendors, and ensuring timely delivery to support prototyping, testing, and manufacturing.

Astro Mechanica is seeking an Avionics Engineer to architect, design, configure, and improve electrical subsystems for their jet engine and aircraft. This role involves bridging hardware and software, cross-discipline problem solving, and implementing robust avionics designs from concept through flight operations.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to design, fabricate, operate, and improve complex mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems for testing jet engines and subsystems. This role involves architecting test stand designs, maintaining test facility operations, and implementing data and video recording infrastructure to ensure rigorous testing of new designs.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Propulsion Design Engineer to take ownership of hardware design from concept to production. This role involves shepherding jet engine and subsystem hardware through prototype, flight qualification, and aircraft flight, with a focus on the Duality™ engine.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Chief Engineer, Defense to lead the technical development of aircraft applications for the military. This senior leadership role requires serving as the top technical authority, responsible for the integrity, performance, and successful delivery of aircraft across all engineering disciplines, while balancing rigorous standards with schedule and budget realities.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to design, fabricate, operate, and improve complex mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems for testing jet engines and subsystems. The role involves creating and operating test infrastructure for hardware R&D, ensuring rigorous testing of new designs to meet quality and performance metrics before aircraft integration.

Astro Mechanica is accepting open resume submissions for individuals who do not see a specific role that matches their background or experience. Candidates are encouraged to submit their resume along with a brief description.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a PLM Engineer to build and manage their digital backbone for product development. This role involves architecting, implementing, and operating systems like Teamcenter and NX, as well as developing scalable workflows, standards, and automation to improve engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain efficiency.

GNC Software Engineer (mid-level to Senior) at Astro Mechanica. This role involves developing and implementing guidance, navigation, and control systems for autonomous aircraft. Responsibilities include defining system architecture, building simulation models, automating control design, and supporting flight testing.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to develop high-performance, high-density, and high-reliability power converters. The role involves the full product life cycle, from concept to operation, including system trades, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, layout, bring-up, debugging, manufacturing, and testing.

Senior Tooling Design Engineer for Airframe Manufacturing at Astro Mechanica. This role involves owning the tooling strategy for airframe manufacturing, designing large assembly fixtures, drill jigs, trim and bond fixtures, layup tools, and shop aids. The engineer will establish locating and datum strategies and perform tolerance stack-up and GD&T analysis.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Composites and Airframe Build Lead to establish new composite manufacturing processes and build a team. This role involves leading technicians, interviewing and training new hires, and setting up airframe manufacturing operations from scratch.

Astro Mechanica is seeking an Aviation Engine Technician to join their team. This role involves building an engine repair station from the ground up, developing internal processes for engine inspection and alterations, and ensuring manufacturing and test operations run smoothly.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Mechanical Systems Design Engineer to take ownership of hardware design from concept to production. The role involves performing trade studies, detailed component design, structural/thermal/fluid analysis, and collaborating with other engineering teams for seamless integration.

Software Engineer at Astro Mechanica focused on building internal engineering applications. The role involves developing and maintaining Python-based tools for stress analysis, composite mechanics, and loads data management to support multidisciplinary design optimization in aerospace.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to take ownership of hardware design from concept to production. The role involves ideating on design trade studies, completing detailed design with analyses, presenting design reviews, assembling prototypes, and conducting hardware testing.

Procurement Associate / Technical Buyer at Astro Mechanica. This role is responsible for acquiring critical parts, materials, equipment, and services for prototyping, testing, propulsion, and manufacturing teams. The individual will manage supplier relationships, track open orders, and develop procurement systems.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Test Design Engineer II to design, fabricate, operate, and improve test infrastructure for their jet engine and subsystems. This role involves creating and operating test infrastructure for hardware research and development, ensuring rigorous testing of new designs to meet quality and performance metrics before aircraft integration.

Senior Aerodynamics Engineer at Astro Mechanica. This role involves performing design and analysis of aircraft aerodynamics across various flight regimes, conducting CFD analysis, developing optimization techniques, and creating parametric geometry models.

Senior Build Engineer for Airframe Composites Manufacturing at Astro Mechanica. This role involves building an aircraft manufacturing line from scratch, translating engineering designs into manufacturing plans, and supporting various composite manufacturing processes.

Lead Structures Engineer at Astro Mechanica responsible for architecting primary and secondary composite and metallic structures. This role involves defining technical direction, managing the structures organization's execution plan, supporting testing, and mentoring engineers.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to develop highly reliable autonomous software systems. The role involves owning all aspects of software development, including design, test, and operations, and working closely with other engineering disciplines to design aircraft systems.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Propulsion Technician to join their manufacturing and prototyping team. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams to optimize manufacturability, contributing to prototype builds, and turning designs into flight-ready hardware.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Flight Software Engineer to develop software for controlling and flying their products. The role involves architecting the software stack, defining requirements, and implementing flight software with guidance from senior engineers. Responsibilities include contributing to simulation tooling, integrating software with hardware, writing testable code, and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.

Mechanical Design Engineer II at Astro Mechanica, an aerospace company. This role involves owning the mechanical design of engine components and subsystems from concept through production, including trade studies, detailed design, and release. The engineer will work closely with propulsion, aircraft, and test teams, and embody a test-like-you-fly philosophy.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on power systems. This role involves developing a medium voltage electrical system for ground power generation by repurposing aircraft engines. Responsibilities include setting architecture, performing studies, specifying equipment, leading validation, and ensuring electrical safety.

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Propulsion Manufacturing Manager to establish and scale manufacturing operations for their ground power systems. This role involves building production capability from the ground up, owning manufacturing processes, production workflows, and team development to ensure safety, quality, and reliability.