- Tokyo
- 5+ years
Mechanical AIT Engineer responsible for transforming engineering drawings into flight-ready hardware, integrating structures, mechanisms, propulsion modules, payloads, and harnesses on satellite platforms.
Responsibilities
- Build flight hardware by assembling and integrating structures, mechanisms, propulsion modules, payloads, and harnesses per drawings, BOMs, and work instructions
- Perform precision torquing/locking, bonding and staking, adhesive/RTV application, connector mating, harness dressing, and cleanliness controls
- Execute incoming, in-process, and final inspections; enforce ESD/FOD and cleanroom protocols; ensure configuration control and full part traceability
- Create and maintain travelers, detailed work instructions, torque logs, build records, and nonconformance reports (NCR/MRB)
- Prepare MGSE/fixtures and support environmental test campaigns (vibration, shock, TVAC); run fit checks and post-test inspections; contribute to TRR/PRR/ATRs
Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering
- Nice to have: Direct AIT experience on nano/microsatellites or spacecraft subsystems
- Nice to have: ECSS/NASA workmanship standards
- Nice to have: Environmental testing (TVAC, vibration, shock)
- Nice to have: ERP/PLM/MES