Principal Mechanical Engineer

The role

You will lead the Mechanical Engineering discipline for Nyx Earth. You will manage a team of Mechanical Engineers and drive structural design, verification, and testing activities for spacecraft.

What you will do

• Lead the Mechanical Engineering team, defining priorities and ensuring delivery.
• Support and collaborate on the mechanical design of the spacecraft and major assemblies.
• Provide technical leadership on primary and secondary structures and critical mechanical interfaces.
• Own structural justification activities across the spacecraft.
• Coordinate structural analyses and mechanical verification activities.
• Ensure verification evidence is suitable for qualification and certification activities.
• Drive technical reviews, risk identification, and engineering maturity assessments.
• Act as a hands-on technical leader for engineering decisions, test campaigns, and anomaly investigations.

Required qualifications

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• More than 10 years experience in spacecraft, launch vehicle, aerospace, defence, or other high-performance engineering environments.
• Strong background in structure design, structural analysis, justification, qualification, and verification.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and developing technical talent.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex structural test campaigns.
• Experience with qualification, certification, and engineering review processes.
• Profound knowledge of space industry standards and methodologies.
• Fluent in English.

Nice to have

• German, French, or Italian are an asset.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable.

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
• Visa sponsorship where applicable.

About the company

The Exploration Company is building spacecraft for humanity.