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Experience required:
Senior
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About the company:
ICON is looking for a Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer to join our Off-Planet Systems team. As an Opto-Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, fabrication, validation and operations of various bespoke hardware and procedures in support of advancing ICON’s off-planet construction processes. This role will be based at ICON’s Austin, TX laboratory, and will report to the Senior Director of Off-Planet Systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with group leaders to establish requirements for GSE and flight hardware.
- Develop systems and practices to enable process improvements.
- Calibrate and maintain optical instrumentation including cameras, mirrors, and lasers.
- Design fixtures for various components and systems.
- Conduct vacuum and thermal vacuum testing of components and systems.
- Develop interface control documents and standard operating procedures for various sub-components of ICON’s GSE and flight hardware systems.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years of recent experience in aerospace or an equivalent industrial laboratory.
- Strong understanding of optical principles, opto-mechanical design, and space environmental considerations.
- Proficiency with CAD software.
- Knowledge of space mission requirements.
- Experience working with space agencies, contractors, or related industries is highly valued.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in interdisciplinary teams.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- M.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- Experience in high vacuum applications.
- Experience in extreme temperature applications, including liquid nitrogen handling.
- Experience in precision optics projects.
- Experience specifying optical coatings.
- Experience developing rapidly iterative test fixturing including software/firmware.
- Thermal analysis skills.
- Experience in formal systems engineering: requirements development, implementation verification, system integration, qualification and release.
- Experience in spacecraft systems design.
- Experience in Solidworks.
Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).
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