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About the Role
About You
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of professional experience in spacecraft mechanical engineering.
- Strong multidisciplinary understanding of mechanisms and mechanical systems.
- Hands-on experience in manufacturing and assembling parts using various methods and standards.
- Proficiency in CAD software, with experience in design and drafting to ASME Y14.5 standards.
- Expertise in first principles analysis, including hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently research, diagnose, and clearly explain technical challenges and solutions.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced development environment.
- 10+ years of professional experience in aerospace, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering.
- Experience designing spacecraft deployable structures.
- In-depth knowledge of space launch requirements and processes.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, Arduino, or MATLAB.
- Experience working with RF devices, understanding of their basic principles, and familiarity with relevant analysis software.
Benefits
- Flexible Time Off, Sick, Family & Medical Leave
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD, STD (employer funded)
- Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, Accidental, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance (employee funded)
- 401k with 3% non-elective company contribution
- Stock Options
- Free parking
- Free lunch in office daily
Umbra builds next-generation space systems that observe the Earth in unprecedented fidelity. Our vision is to advance global insight through high quality, all weather commercial remote sensing and intelligence gathering. Our goal is to become an indispensable tool for the exploding number of organizations now actively monitoring the Earth, making data-driven decisions about land use, and fighting the effects of climate change. Umbra delivers on this mission by implementing first principles to develop hardware, software and services which are unrivaled by the status quo. Umbra builds cutting-edge hardware and software products for our analytics customers which solve complex business and security challenges for the United States and its allies. Canopy is our direct tasking platform which allows our customers to use a robust network of sensors to trigger space assets and autonomously deliver data for their analytics needs. Umbra’s team is comprised of space and business veterans from across industry and government. Umbra is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, and has a presence in Austin, and Washington, D.C. ALL SOCIAL IMAGERY AVAILABLE IN THE UMBRA OPEN DATA PROGRAM.