Principal Design Engineer

Principal 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 Principal 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

• 15+ 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?

For questions regarding the position, please contact: Joshua Gregory

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: Michelle Lach

Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.

Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.