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  • Machinist

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Machinist Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Machinists keeps our R&D shop running and turns ideas into hardware. You will own tool and machine readiness, material prep, and hands-on fabrication with machines like our HAAS VF6-SS. When the line is quiet, you'll train on new processes-Fusion 360 CAM, Onshape, forklift/scissor-lift, etc.-so you can tackle the next challenge. Responsibilities - Fabrication: Machine flight parts, jigs, and fixtures from metal, plastic, or composites per engineering drawings. - Shop organization: Drive 5S, label/storage systems, and consumables inventory. - Equipment readiness: Schedule and perform preventative maintenance on our CNC equipment. - Material handling: Receive, cut, kit, and stage raw stock; operate forklift & scissor-lift. - Continuous improvement: Build new tooling and workflows; flag design or manufacturability issues to engineers. Basic Qualifications - 2+ years in a machine-shop role - Proficiency with common hand/power tools; ability to read mechanical drawings - Able to lift 50 lb and work on ladders or lifts Preferred Qualifications - CNC mill/router operation & CAM programming (Fusion 360 or similar) - MIG/TIG welding experience - Forklift or MEWP certification - Exposure to aerospace or ISO-9001 quality environments Training & Growth Full-time employees receive paid training on CNC operation, Fusion/Onshape CAD/CAM,

  • Composites Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Composites Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As a Composites Engineer, you'll own the engineering, development, and production of our ultra-light deployable composite structures. This role sits at the intersection of design, analysis, and hands-on manufacturing: you'll refine laminate schedules, develop new layup processes, design tooling and fixtures, run experiments, and drive the factory-floor workflows that take a concept from CAD to flight hardware. You will be responsible for improving yield, repeatability, and performance across all composite processes-curing, layup, machining, bonding, inspection, and structural validation-while collaborating closely with design engineering, test, and manufacturing. Your work directly determines the performance of the composite structures we're flying to space in 2025. Responsibilities - Own the engineering and process development for all in-house composite structures - Develop, validate, and optimize laminate schedules, cure cycles, and layup techniques - Design tooling, molds, fixtures, and inspection methods for thin high-precision composite parts - Run experiments to characterize materials and processes (fiber alignment, void fraction, cure kinetics, spring-in, etc.) - Implement manufacturing controls: travelers, process specs, inspection criteria, and QA workflows - Diagnose and resolve unusual composite manufacturing and structural issues - Collaborate with technicians to ensure manufacturability and performance alignment - Support fabrication on

  • Orbit Operations Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Orbit Operations Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As an Orbit Operations Engineer, you'll own both the day-to-day operation of our spacecraft and the development of the operational infrastructure that makes it all work. This is a high-ownership role on a small, collaborative mission operations team - you won't just execute procedures, you'll write them, improve them, and help define how we operate as a company. You'll monitor spacecraft health, investigate anomalies, plan maneuvers, and coordinate ground station passes. You'll also build and refine the tools, scripts, and processes that keep our future fleet running smoothly. As our constellation grows, you'll help shape operational strategies, maintain and update mission requirements, and drive continuous improvement across our satellite and ground segment. Responsibilities - Monitor real-time telemetry and spacecraft subsystem health, identifying and responding to anomalies early - Plan and execute spacecraft maneuvers, station-keeping, and orbital adjustments - Coordinate ground station passes, command uplink, and data downlink schedules - Support launch campaigns and in-orbit testing for new satellites - Develop, validate, and maintain operational procedures and command sequences - Collaborate with spacecraft engineering teams to define CONOPS, fault management, and spacecraft procedures - Support deployment and testing of ground software updates

  • Electrical Engineering Intern

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Electrical Engineering Intern Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience. During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation. Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet. Responsibilities - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work - Prototype and iterate rapidly Ideal Qualifications - You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it - You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek experience Even if you

  • Electrical Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Electrical Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As an Avionics Engineer, you will have zero to one design ownership of electronic subsystems on our first spacecraft. You will be responsible for designing, building, testing and improving reliable space-ready components. The ideal candidate will have strong experience working on spacecraft. Responsibilities - Own avionics system-level design & interfaces and make system-level trades - Prototype, design, bring up and validate flight computers, communication systems, and electronics for power systems and ADCS - Establish best practices and tooling for electrical engineering design - Develop in-house avionics test infrastructure - flatsat, GPS sim, power sim, comms sim, etc. - Design and execute avionics qualification testing for vibration, shock, thermal and thermal vacuum environments and own your hardware into flight operation Ideal Qualifications - You've designed and validated PCBAs for the space environment or similar high performance environments/vehicles - You've owned multiple high-reliability electronics subsystems from concept to deployment - You can succeed with a high level of autonomy - You've iterated on requirements and architecture to achieve an optimal design in a highly constrained trade space - You have experience hacking and crawling through electronics systems to troubleshoot issues Even if you don't

  • GNC Engineering Intern

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    GNC Engineering Intern Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience. During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation. Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet. Responsibilities - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work - Prototype and iterate rapidly Minimum Qualifications - You are able to work full-time onsite - You are enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program from an accredited college or university in aerospace engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering or related engineering field - You're capable of incredibly scrappy

  • Thermal Engineering Intern

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Thermal Engineering Intern Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience. During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation. Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet. Responsibilities - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work - Prototype and iterate rapidly Ideal Qualifications - You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it - You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek experience Even if you

  • Mechanical Engineering Intern

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Mechanical Engineering Intern Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience. During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation. Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet. Responsibilities - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work - Prototype and iterate rapidly Ideal Qualifications - You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it - You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek experience Even if you

  • Flight Software Engineering Intern

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Flight Software Engineering Intern Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience. During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation. Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet. Responsibilities - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work - Prototype and iterate rapidly Ideal Qualifications - You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it - You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek experience Even if

  • Embedded Firmware Engineering Intern

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Embedded Firmware Engineering Intern Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience. During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation. Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet. Responsibilities - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components. - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work. - Prototype and iterate rapidly. Ideal Qualifications - Experience in software development in languages like C, C++ and Python. - Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, including hands-on experience using tools like DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and power supplies. - Experience implementing device drivers and working with serial digital

  • Avionics Engineering Intern

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Avionics Engineering Intern Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience. During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation. Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet. Responsibilities - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work - Prototype and iterate rapidly Ideal Qualifications - You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it - You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek experience Even if you

  • Thermal Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Thermal Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As a Thermal Engineer, you will drive the detailed thermal design of our spacecraft at the component and integrated level. You'll develop our thermal management strategies, prove them through iteration and test, and fly reliable systems. Responsibilities - Develop robust thermal design for avionics and other electro-mechanical subsystems - Build and operate our thermal modelling toolchain to provide reliable results that guide key design trades down to the component level - Develop and use testing systems that can validate in-space component and thermal control system performance - Guide material selection for components across the spacecraft - Collaborate with other system designers to manage overall spacecraft thermal performance Ideal Qualifications - 4-6 years of professional thermal engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other high-reliability hardware - Demonstrated experience modelling heat transfer with numerical methods with provably accurate results - Experience validating simulation results with TVAC and thermal cycle testing for space hardware - Experience designing thermal management systems for spacecraft. Full cycle from simulation to hardware functionality Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority,

  • GNC Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    GNC Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As a GNC Engineer, you will enable us to predict the in-orbit performance of a novel space vehicle. Your work will span from vehicle-level dynamics modeling, to propagated orbital dynamics modeling, to controller design that we can implement on flight-ready avionics. We're looking for someone who brings “full-stack” GNC development capability to the table. Responsibilities - Develop and own our 6-DOF simulation for understanding vehicle attitude, station-keeping, and orbital performance. - Design and implement controllers on hardware going to space by actually writing software yourself - Use simulation to constrain and inform ADCS design - Work closely with avionics engineers to have performant, reliable attitude determination and control - Analyze orbits, constellation designs, trajectories and attitude motion profiles to maximize vehicle service performance - Contribute to high-level vehicle architecture decisions - Support prototyping, implement controllers on prototype hardware - Come up with creative solutions to novel problems that surround precisely putting a spot of reflected sunlight on the ground from space Ideal Qualifications - 4-6 years of professional GNC engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other dynamically controlled vehicles - Clear prior technical ownership of functioning vehicle controllers and sim (I designed

  • Test Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Test Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As an Test Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, executing and overseeing test campaigns to prepare our spacecraft for flight. You will own our 'space simulator', and enable very fast iteration of spacecraft design. Responsibilities - Design & execute test plans for comprehensive flight testing (thermal, thermal-vacuum, vibe, shock, radiation, atomic oxygen, other unique testing, etc. - Design & build unique testing systems for the novel areas of our spacecraft - Work closely with the rest of the engineering team to ensure robust and complete testing Ideal Qualifications - 4-6 years of professional test engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other high-reliability hardware - L2+ Test Engineering experience, including advanced troubleshooting and escalation handling - Experience testing and troubleshooting spacecraft, and standing up unique testing infrastructure & setups - Experience with space environmental testing such as TVAC, vibe, radiation, etc. - Strong experience with HITL or flatsat testbeds Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds. We are also interested in carving

  • Avionics Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Avionics Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As an Avionics Engineer, you will have zero to one design ownership of electronic subsystems on our first spacecraft. You will be responsible for designing, building, testing and improving reliable space-ready components. The ideal candidate will have strong experience working on spacecraft. Responsibilities - Own avionics system-level design & interfaces and make system-level trades - Prototype, design, bring up and validate flight computers, communication systems, and electronics for power systems and ADCS - Establish best practices and tooling for electrical engineering design - Develop in-house avionics test infrastructure - flatsat, GPS sim, power sim, comms sim, etc. - Design and execute avionics qualification testing for vibration, shock, thermal and thermal vacuum environments and own your hardware into flight operation Ideal Qualifications - You have 4-6 years of avionics or electronics engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft. - You've designed and validated PCBAs for the space environment or similar high performance environments/vehicles - You've owned multiple high-reliability electronics subsystems from concept to deployment - You can succeed with a high level of autonomy - You've iterated on requirements and architecture to achieve an optimal design in a highly constrained trade space - You have

  • Mechanical Engineer

    Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Mechanical Engineer Hawthorne HQ, Hawthorne, California, United States At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life. About the Role As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for quickly designing, prototyping, and flight validating spacecraft subcomponents and integrating mechanical systems on tight deadlines. Your highest priority is delivering functional hardware that strikes a balance between simplicity, scrappiness, analytical rigor and ingenuity. Responsibilities - Deliver flight-ready critical spacecraft components - Take hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations - Correlate analysis of your components to ensure reliability in the space environment Ideal Qualifications - You bring roughly 4-6 years of mechanical design experience, ideally on flight hardware or similar high-reliability mechanical systems. - You have owned spacecraft components from clean-sheet to spaceflight - Extensive CAD experience - You can teach a class on the design of bolted joints - You know what tolerances the machine shop can hit without needing to ask them - You have strong experience collaboratively designing complex interdependent systems Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds. We are also interested in carving out unique