Satellite Mechanical Design Engineer

Satellite Mechanical Design EngineerReading, UK (Hybrid) Permanent Salary: £70,000 + benefitsiO Associates is partnered with a fast-growing SpaceTech/satellite engineering organisation developing next-generation spacecraft designed to operate in very low Earth orbit (VLEO), below 300 km. Flying closer to Earth enables sharper imagery from smaller optics and a cleaner orbital life cycle with satellites designed to de-orbit within a month at end of life, reducing long-term debris risk.This business is also developing an RF gridded ion thruster product line to power its own satellite platform (first flight planned for Q3 2028) and supply propulsion hardware to external operators.They''re now hiring a Mechanical Design Engineer to design satellite mechanical hardware and help keep the full CAD assembly structured, controlled, and scalable as the design matures through prototyping, qualification, and test.Key Responsibilities: Design and develop satellite mechanical hardware including secondary structures (panels, brackets, mounts), thermal-control hardware, cable/harness routing, and mechanisms (primary structure experience welcomed)Work within a large 3D CAD assembly with a multi-disciplinary team, using top-down design and skeleton/master models to keep interfaces and configurations alignedManage assembly configuration, PLM data (3DEXPERIENCE/3DX or similar), BOMs, and engineering change processes (ECO/ECR/ECN) to maintain model/drawing consistencyRun interference and clash ..... full job details .....