Mid-Sr Avionics Mechanical Engineer
MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in founders building transformative companies across sectors like space, fintech, fashion tech, robotics, and more.
About MaC Venture Capital
MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building ambitious, culture-defining companies. Their portfolio spans diverse industries, including companies like Stoke Space (reusable rockets), Pipe (embedded financial solutions), Finesse (fashion trend data analytics), and Chef Robotics (AI-enhanced food manipulation hardware). The firm positions itself as a 'conviction investor,' emphasizing deep engagement with founders and teams beyond just capital, offering strategic partnership and support through company milestones. MaC serves early-stage startup founders across a range of technology and consumer sectors, with a stated focus on backing bold, culture-defining companies.
Skills
About the Role
You'll develop mechanical solutions for component packaging and launch vehicle integration of flight avionics hardware. Working closely with the avionics development, structures, and production teams, you'll design and implement these solutions and continuously iterate to improve them. You'll seek out state-of-the-art solutions to difficult problems and help define company standards for avionics development. You'll need to stay focused, move fast, self-direct, and learn on the fly.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 3+ years of professional experience in mechanical or electromechanical design and analysis
- Proficiency with parametric 3D CAD and 2D drawing creation
- Demonstrated experience taking hardware from concept through design, analysis, manufacturing, and test
- Working knowledge of structural and thermal analysis fundamentals using hand calculations and/or FEA
- Solid understanding and application of GD&T per ASME Y14.5
- Strong understanding of machining, sheet metal fabrication, and additive manufacturing
Responsibilities
- Design, manufacture, and test packaging for flight avionics, electronics, and electro-mechanical actuators
- Design, manufacture, analyze, and integrate launch vehicle harness routing and secondary structure, ensuring structural capability to survive vehicle load cases
- Create CAD models and drawings
- Perform thermal, structural, and tolerance analysis for electro-mechanical assemblies using hand calculations and FEA
- Conduct failure analysis of components related to thermal, loads, vibration and shock
- Interface with machine shops and production teams to integrate design for manufacturing best practices and produce hardware for qualification and flight
- Own the hardware delivery timeline and success through inception, design, assembly, test, and integration
- Lead design reviews both internally and externally
- Drive continuous improvement efforts to increase throughput and reduce cost to meet the launch target
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Comprehensive benefits program including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- 4 weeks' Paid Time Off
- Holidays - 10 days (including an end-of-year closure)
- Paid Family/Parental Leave
- On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
- Dog friendly offices