Mechanical Engineer
Reflect Orbital
Mechanical Engineer
Reflect Orbital
Space-based mirrors delivering sunlight-on-demand
At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.
As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for quickly designing, prototyping, and flight validating spacecraft subcomponents and integrating mechanical systems on tight deadlines. Your highest priority is delivering functional hardware that strikes a balance between simplicity, scrappiness, analytical rigor and ingenuity.
Deliver flight-ready critical spacecraft components
Take hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations
Correlate analysis of your components to ensure reliability in the space environment
You bring roughly 4–6 years of mechanical design experience, ideally on flight hardware or similar high-reliability mechanical systems.
You have owned spacecraft components from clean-sheet to spaceflight
Extensive CAD experience
You can teach a class on the design of bolted joints
You know what tolerances the machine shop can hit without needing to ask them
You have strong experience collaboratively designing complex interdependent systems
Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.
We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.
Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.
Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy
Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K
Unlimited paid time off
Healthy lunches provided daily
Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
More about Reflect Orbital:
Space-based mirrors delivering sunlight-on-demand
Reflect Orbital deploys a constellation of satellites with deployable Mylar mirrors to reflect sunlight onto specific Earth locations after dark, delivering Sunlight-as-a-Service. The mirrors in low Earth orbit illuminate designated ground sites during nighttime, pre-dawn, or post-sunset periods, helping solar farms extend operating hours and enabling on-demand lighting for industries and emergency services. It differentiates by selling reflected sunlight as a service via its own orbital assets and launch capabilities, rather than requiring new ground infrastructure. The goal is to provide a scalable, reliable source of space-delivered daylight and lighting to improve grid resilience and expand energy and illumination options for customers.
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