Structures, thermal and mechanisms
Space Jobs for Mechanical Engineers
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 622 open roles for mechanical engineers on 33 space industry employers, including Muon Space, Outpost and Momentus; their typical pay runs $110k to $194k a year, with a median of $132k, and the highest advertised rate is $328k a year at Stoke Space.
Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Mechanical · Remote· 3w agoDetails
Measured from 293 distinct posted rates, across 23 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 329 of the 622 open roles here state no pay.
Space companies hire mechanical engineers to design the vehicle's structures, mechanisms and thermal systems, and the equipment that handles it on the ground. Every role is checked against its employer's job board every hour.
Live roles for mechanical engineers
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Structures, stress and loads
2 openPrimary structures, tanks and the analysis that proves them: stress, loads, fatigue and fracture, by hand calculation, finite element models and test.
Staff Structural Analysis Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Mechanical · Valencia· 1mo agoDetails
Thermal engineering
2 openKeep hardware at the right temperature in launch, vacuum and reentry: thermal design, analysis and test.
Thermal & Harness AIT Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Systems & Test · Valencia· 3w agoDetails
Senior Thermal System Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Mechanical · Remote· 3mo agoDetails
Mechanical design engineers
10 openDesign parts and assemblies in CAD, take them through drawings and production, and support them in test and flight.
Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Mechanical · Remote· 3w agoDetails
Senior Mechanical Test Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Systems & Test · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
AIT Engineer - Mechanical (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Systems & Test · Athens· 2mo agoDetails
AIT Mechanical Test Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Systems & Test · Espoo· 2mo agoDetails
Staff Mechanical Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Mechanical · Remote· 3mo agoDetails
Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer (opens the job details)
ICEYE · Technicians · Espoo· 6mo agoDetails
Before you apply
Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.
Pay by specialty
Each specialty's typical pay is measured over its own open roles the way every band on this site is (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top), and shown only where at least three distinct rates are posted.
What the roles ask for
Read from the requirements of 75 of the 622 open roles for mechanical engineers: the lines each role's pop-up lists from its posting. A role counts once, at the lowest degree it accepts.
- Name years of experience68
- Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)8
- Name a security clearance4
- Ask for coding (Python, SQL and the like)3
- Ask where you live or may work2
- Ask for a professional license1
- Name a PE license1
The roles that name experience ask for a median of 4 years.
Who hires mechanical engineers in the space industry
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Where these roles are posted
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Frequently asked questions
How much do mechanical engineers earn in the space industry?
Across the 293 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for mechanical engineers right now, typical pay runs from $110000 to $194000 an hour, with a median of $132000. The highest posted rate is $327810 an hour, at Stoke Space. 329 of the 622 open roles for mechanical engineers state no pay, so check each listing.
Do I need a PE license?
Rarely: most roles ask for a mechanical or aerospace degree and experience with the CAD and analysis tools they name. A PE license comes up mostly for facilities and pressure systems work. Each listing states what it requires and where it is based. Of the 75 open roles for mechanical engineers whose requirements we read, 2 a master's, 72 a bachelor's or a degree and 1 name no degree.
What does a mechanical engineer do at a space company?
A mechanical engineer at a space company designs hardware in CAD and proves it works: sizing structures and tanks for launch loads, keeping parts at temperature in vacuum, building the mechanisms that separate and deploy, and supporting each part through manufacturing and test.
How do space companies hire mechanical engineers?
Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.
Are these jobs real?
Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Outpost, Momentus and Inversion Space among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.
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