Senior Mechanical Engineer

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• 6804B Date Posted: April 21, 2026 At Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), you’ll lead the structural engineering of advanced electro-optical and infrared (IR) satellite payloads supporting critical national security and space missions.


• These are real flight systems—your work ensures hardware survives launch, operates in space, and delivers mission-critical performance.
• We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our Civil & Commercial Space Division.  The selected candidate will own structural performance across the full lifecycle—from early design and finite element analysis (FEA) through environmental testing—working with a highly technical team developing spaceflight hardware and satellite systems.
• The Civil & Commercial Space Division is at the forefront of scientific research and space exploration.
• We equip major Government and commercial missions with calibrated stat...

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