Mechanical Design Engineer, Near Space Labs
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Aerial imagery and earth observation
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Aerial imagery and earth observation
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
Near Space Labs' mission is to democratize high-quality geospatial intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience in mechanical design and prototyping
- Masters degree in mechanical engineering
- Proficient in CAD software tools
- 3D printing with various materials and methods
- Design for CNC machining
- Experience in composite and lightweight materials
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and in a team
- Knowledge of thermal and structural analysis is a plus
What the job involves
- We are seeking a proactive and hands-on Mechanical Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, prototype, and test the next generation of stratospheric platforms
- Contribute to the mechanical design of our flight vehicle and its mechanisms, in every stage of the development process
- Iterate and improve on the design of current models
- Coordinate with electronics and software engineers regarding system interdependencies
- Build and test prototypes
- Manage suppliers
- Participate in test flights
Our take
Near Space Labs provides customers with high-res imagery of the earth. The twist is, this isn’t satellite imagery, but imagery collected by a zero-emission fleet of wind-powered weather balloons, each one able to capture up to 1,000 square kilometres of imagery on each flight. This makes for an eco-friendly, low-cost alternative to satellite imagery and results in images up to 50 times clearer than those collected by satellite.
Over 500 flights were booked by customers over 2022 alone. Near Space’s cameras are already unlocking crucial intelligence for clients as diverse as local councils, wildlife trackers, and insurance companies.
It’s a remarkable development, unlocking the power of geospatial data for customers who would never have depended on it before, and it therefore cracks open a whole new market in which Near Space is an uncontested player.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2021
$13m
SERIES A
Total funding: $13m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 25 days paid time off
- Equity
- Annual team offsites
- Visit our New York & Barcelona offices
- Learning & development reimbursement
- Opportunity to attend a balloon launch
Company HQ
Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
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Leadership
Rema Matevosyan
(CEO)Previously a software developer with InnoRise, then at the Institute for System Programming of Russian Academy of Sciences. Subsequently held a junior research fellowship at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
Ignasi Lluch
(CTO)Worked on the Galileo Evolutions Team at the European Space Agency, and then as a Space Systems Engineering Researcher at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
Albert Caubert
(Chief Engineer)Previously an engineer at the Centre National d'Études Spatiales, then did his PhD as a Marie Curie Researcher at the University of Strathclyde. Subsequently held an AOCS engineering role at OHB SE.
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