Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer

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October 21, 2026

Star Catcher Industries, Inc., which is building the first energy grid in space to wirelessly beam energy to spacecraft’s existing solar panels, has an opportunity in Jacksonville, Florida for a Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Design Engineer to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. As a subject matter expert, the engineer owns the mechanical configuration of the spacecraft, the spacecraft mass properties budget and the interfaces to subcontractor, customer and launch vehicle hardware, establishes the drafting standard and GD&T practice, defines and runs the drawing review and release process, leads the design of electronics enclosures, and mentors engineers.

Basic qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural or aerospace engineering or a related field, a minimum of ten years of experience in spacecraft or flight hardware mechanical design, experience owning a drafting standard and GD&T practice per ASME Y14.5, and expert proficiency in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent.