Opto-Mechanical Engineer

• Own the opto-mechanical manufacturing process of optical payloads on Planet's next-generation satellites
• Design the manufacturing line for mid-volume production of optical payloads, making data-driven decisions to ensure efficient assembly and test processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive analyses ensuring payloads meet stiffness, strength, thermal, and launch survivability requirements
• Drive part and assembly design, manage fabrication with key vendors, perform failure analysis, and execute tolerance stackup and GD&T analyses

This role contributes to Planet's mission of using space to help life on Earth by designing and manufacturing optical payloads for Earth-imaging satellites that deliver unprecedented data to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors to solve the world's toughest obstacles.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field
• 4+ years experience owning the development of opto-mechanical products from requirements through conceptual design, testing and manufacturing
• Experience designing for high-reliability space environments including launch survivability, vacuum conditions, and on-orbit performance through thermal conditions (STOP)
• Experience in the design and fabrication of optical assemblies incorporating components made from glass, carbon fiber, metals, ceramics, epoxies, mechanisms, and electrical elements

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off plus holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off
• Salary range: $128,400 - $160,500 USD

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors to help solve the world's toughest obstacles.