Senior Design Engineer

🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​

About Beyond Gravity

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1800 professionals, spread across 14 locations in seven countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites, launchers and semiconductor industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer for development and design of composite and metallic structures for the Launcher product unit.

Your Responsibilities:

• Assumption of design responsibility in various projects

• Creating draft concepts and concept studies according to specifications

• Support Design trade studies

• Creation of proposal bid and presentation documents and brief descriptions of the design proposals

• Lead and execute the detailed design and create fully elaborated assembly designs and interface drawings

• Coordinate with other designers assigned to the project

• Incorporate and develop advanced concepts, technologies and materials in collaboration with the technology group and manufacturing and J&T design

• Creation of the technical documentation (assembly plan, single parts and assembly drawings, parts lists and specifications, test samples) utilizing CAD, SAP and PC applications

• Perception of self-control in the context of inputs, especially when submitting mandatory parts model data files

• Carrying out the administrative tasks related to release and change management

• Evaluate proposed changes, and establish change requests

• Assess NC’s and support the error handling process

• Support of manufacturing, testing and PA

Qualifications/Requirements:

•  B.S. in Engineering

•  7+  Years of relevant industry experience

•  Analysis skills on composite and metallic materials covering following domains: Structural (static, dynamic)

•  Demonstrated success performing in a lead capacity on multiple schedule critical development projects

•  FEMAP/NxNastran

•  ABAQUS or other non-linear solver beneficial

•  Strong Matlab skills 

•  Hand calculation methods

•  Awareness for costs and schedule

•  Problem solving skills

•  Good communication and cooperation

•   Organizational skills

🌌Are you ready for lift-off?​

Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.​

Security Clearance / International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR). Therefore, all applicants must be U.S. Persons as defined in ITAR 120.15 (e.g., U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or protected individual. Also see 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) and 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) for additional information).

Beyond Gravity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other categories protected by law.

Your contact

Did we spark your interest in this exciting position? Then we look forward to receiving your online application.

Recruiter/HR Manager: Michelle Lach |  https://beyondgravity.com