[Hiring] Mechanical Packaging Engineer @KODA Technologies Inc.

Role Description

KODA Technologies is hiring engineers to support one of the nation's most visible commercial-space programs - a lunar lander built under NASA's Human Landing System (HLS) contract. As a Tooling Design Engineer, you'll be part of a team designing the fixtures, mechanical ground support equipment, and handling tools that the customer's engineers and technicians will use to build and integrate flight hardware. The team will deliver complete tooling packages at a sustained monthly cadence through October 2026, with follow-on potential as the program transitions into build and integration.

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop simple tool designs - both preliminary and critical design - including 3D models and 2D drawings to ASME Y14.5 standards, in CREO Parametric and/or CATIA V5/V6.
• Author tooling requirements developed from customer-provided specifications and build the corresponding SRR presentation content in PowerPoint format.
• Build Critical Design Review presentation content for tool designs, in PowerPoint format, and present at customer design reviews when assigned.
• Author tool-use, inspection, and maintenance instructions in Microsoft Word format, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and completeness.
• Contribute to monthly procurement support reports, including supplier-qualification analysis and purchase order tracking.
• Perform stress analyses for tools under prescribed loads using hand calculations or ANSYS Mechanical FEA.
• Contribute schedule, cost, issue, and risk inputs to the team's weekly technical report to the customer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated technical experience.
• Six or more years of mechanical or tooling design experience, with at least three on aerospace, defense, or commercial-space programs.
• Production-level proficiency in CREO Parametric AND/OR CATIA V5/V6.
• ASME Y14.5 GD&T proficiency, including tolerance-stack-up application.
• Demonstrated experience producing complete tooling packages at a sustained monthly cadence.
• Familiarity with stress-analysis fundamentals.
• U.S. person status as defined under ITAR (22 CFR § 120.62).
• Ability to obtain customer-furnished AWS network credentials within standard onboarding timelines.

Requirements

• Direct prior experience on NASA HLS, SLS, Artemis, Orion, Boeing EUS, or commercial-space programs.
• Mechanical or Electrical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE / EGSE) tooling background.
• PTC CREO Simulate, CATIA Generative Structural Analysis, or ANSYS certification.
• Familiarity with NASA-STD-5001 and NASA-STD-5017.
• Aerospace or defense procurement / supplier-qualification experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) credential or equivalent demonstrated PMO experience.
• Experience with PTC Windchill or Siemens Teamcenter PLM.
• Experience working in a remote-first engineering team across multiple time zones.

Benefits

• Competitive pay & great benefits.
• Career growth & professional development.
• A culture of trust, integrity, and teamwork.

Schedule

This position is a remote position. It may entail some travel for design reviews and a visit to the customer facility. This position is a six-month task.

Clearance & Access Requirements

U.S. Citizenship, and the ability to pass a background check.

Company Description

KODA is a people-first company and a three-time Fortune Best Workplace®, Great Place to Work® certified, a Best Place for Working Parents®, and a six-time Huntsville Best Places to Work® winner. We're a small business making a big impact on national-priority missions in missile defense, hypersonics, DoD space, and civil space. The name KODA, meaning "allies," reflects our commitment to our people, our customers, and our community. Join us and build a career that matters!