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As the Lead Vehicle Design Engineer, you will be responsible for overall
integrated design, build, test and functionality of our first vehicles. We
will look to you as a Northstar for best spacecraft design practice, and you
will play a key role in defining vehicle architecture. We emphasize prior in-
space vehicle experience for this role.
**Responsibilities**
* Own satellite architecture and defining trades.
* Determine high-level design of satellite including subsystem specifications and interfaces, as well as component build vs. buy decisions.
* Provide technical leadership for requirements, design validation and component qualification for the space environment.
* Perform engineering analysis and hands-on prototyping to make trade-off decisions
* Help build the engineering team and set engineering standards
**Ideal Qualifications**
* You’ve led the design of spacecraft with significant input on high-level architectural trade-offs, resulting in mission success.
* You can intuitively and analytically predict the performance of designs in space.
* You are capable of building scrappy prototypes to evaluate concepts.
* You’ve iterated spacecraft designs against validation/qualification testing to achieve radical improvements in performance and simplicity.
**About Us**
Reflect Orbital is developing technology to sell sunlight to those who need
it. We imagine a future where sunlight continues powering solar farms and
providing lighting after the sun sets. We’re a small team of engineers who
make progress by building things quickly and iteratively. Time is our greatest
constraint. Join us!
**Working at Reflect**
Reflect practices fair and equitable compensation. Compensation is decided
based on your qualifications, experience, and interview performance. Our
compensation package includes equity in Reflect.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of
race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran
status, disability or other legally protected statuses.
**Benefits**
Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our
compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support
their families as generously as we’re able.
Healthcare & Meals
* Broad choice of competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance policies.
* Healthy lunches provided daily.
Flexibility
* At least 5 personal leave days per calendar year for sickness and caretaking.
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Read more about Reflect Orbital
<https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/25/space-solar-power-is-happening-sooner-
rather-than-later/> <https://www.space.com/orbiting-mirror-boost-solar-power-
production> <https://www.surfertoday.com/environment/startup-develops-space-
reflectors-to-sell-sunlight-after-dark>
