Mechanical Engineer

About the role

We seek a Mechanical Engineer to manage the complete design of aerospace components and subsystems. You will collaborate with structural, thermal, and control engineers to develop hardware meeting performance, mass, and environmental standards. Your role includes translating concepts from sketches to CAD to space-qualified products within the Thermo-Mechanical Team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mechanical design of components, enclosures, and assemblies for space applications.
• Create detailed 3D CAD models and 2D manufacturing drawings with appropriate GD&T, using CAD software.
• Improve drive design for weight, stiffness, manufacturability, and ease of integration.
• Collaborate with other disciplines-mainly thermal, structural analysis, control, electronic, and optics subsystems-to ensure system-level requirements are met.
• Support integration, manufacturing, and assembly, including interactions with suppliers and participating in design reviews.
• Procure mechanical parts from COTs or use manufactured components.
• Assist in prototype builds, fit checks, and environmental testing (vibration, TVAC, thermal cycling).
• Manage configuration control and documentation throughout the design lifecycle.
• Contribute to or participate in PDR/CDR reviews and technical trade studies.
• Required Qualifications
• Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 3-6+ years of experience in mechanical design, ideally in aerospace or high-performance hardware.
• Advanced proficiency in CAD tools (NX, SolidWorks, or equivalent), working with complex assemblies.
• Strong understanding of materials, tolerancing, and manufacturing processes (CNC, sheet metal, composites, additive manufacturing).
• Familiarity with design for manufacturability principles and mechanical interfaces.
• Proficiency with GD&T standards, ISO or ASME
• Basic understanding of thermal and structural considerations in space hardware.
• Experience collaborating with various disciplines.

Requirements

• Experience designing space mechanisms (deployment systems, actuators, or hinges).
• Hands-on experience with testing, integration, or cleanroom assembly.
• Competence in FEM for structural analysis and a solid understanding of static and

Additional Information

About IonQ: IonQ, Inc . [NYSE: IONQ] is the world's leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ's newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance . Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. About Skyloom Skyloom, an IonQ company, is a telecommunications company founded with the mission to develop, deploy, and operate one of the fundamental pieces of tomorrow's space communication infrastructure to provide data transport services on a planetary scale. If you have a strong sense of purpose, focus, urgency, and willingness to compete, or if working on space lasers excites you, join our team to develop the future generation of space communication technology. Skyloom is building the orbital infrastructure for the next renaissance in global connectivity. As Earth's first space-based telecommunications company, we deliver fiberless, planetary-scale data transport that dramatically increases bandwidth, availability, and resiliency-while reducing latency and total cost of operations. Our proprietary optical technology enables secure, ultra-high-capacity connections across our end-to-end, multi-orbit network or within your own infrastructure, unlocking a new standard for global communications. Location: This role will be onsite in our Broomfield, Colorado office. Travel: Up to 5% Job ID: 1434

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