Space Forge is a fast growing advanced materials company. Our goal is to exploit the extreme temperature, microgravity and ultra-high vacuum conditions available in low earth orbit (LEO) to manufacture materials that cannot readily be grown terrestrially. Returning these materials to earth, we aim to revolutionise the semiconductor market and to make space work for humanity. To achieve this we have developed a range of technologies including the world’s first returnable and reusable satellite platform, the ForgeStar®.

We are now in a position to bring on board a Mechanical Design Engineer for Microwave Components who has a desire to be part of our journey to build something unique and special. Someone who has experienced fast company growth and the challenges that come along with it

What will you do?

• Perform requirements, concept and trade-off analysis to support the design and development of microwave components that are compliant to mission requirements
• Utilise electromagnetic simulation and analysis tools to design and optimise resonant structures
• Creation and maintenance of CAD models of the components
• Work with our other engineers across all functions throughout the entire design, test and flight model manufacture process
• Prepare detailed technical reports, design documentation, and presentations for internal and external design reviews.
• Support Failure Mode Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Fault Detection Isolation and Reporting (FDIR) analysis

Key responsibilities

• Ownership of Electromagnetic models & simulations
• Concept and detailed mechanical design of component parts and assemblies using a mechanical Computer Aided Design (CAD) package with design, drawing, animation and simulation workspaces
• Creation and maintenance of equipment Bill of Materials for whole subsystems
• Define, design and maintain control of mechanical interfaces within and between separate subsystems and their associated teams
• Input into Design for Manufacture and Design for Assembly (DFA/DFM) reviews
• Research, trade-off and selection of technologies and components
• Trade-off, design and verification of subsystems and components
• Prepare technical documentation for design reviews.