About Vimotek

Vimotek is a space company, recently named to Ny Teknik’s 33 List as one of Sweden’s most promising technology startups. The company works to de-risk spacecraft proximity operations, accelerate time-to-orbit, and enable the scaling of in-orbit services.

Vimotek equips engineering and operations teams with leading dual-use solutions for in-space automation within two closely connected and complementary domains:

1. Digital Twins of Spacecraft for Mission Simulation and Validation

2. AI-Driven Sensing, Perception and Control

Your role

You will play a key role in developing Vimotek’s in-space automation products for onboard sensing, perception, control, and robotics. These are real hardware products moving from prototype to flight-ready delivery.

As Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the mechanical design as part of a multidisciplinary team, working alongside colleagues in systems engineering, electronics, optics, software, and test/assembly to bring the product to life.

You will also contribute to establishing practical tools and ways of working for mechanical development in a space startup environment.

You will:

• Design housings and subassemblies for compact sensing units

• Own mechanical interfaces to sensors, electronics, harnessing, and customer spacecraft mounting points

• Drive design for manufacturing by selecting processes, simplifying assembly, building in alignment features, and ensuring repeatability

• Create manufacturing-ready documentation, including drawings, tolerances, materials and finishes, BOMs, and assembly notes

• Support prototyping and bring-up through build and fit checks, root-cause analysis, and fast iterations

• Participate in assembly, integration, and test (AIT) of engineering models and the first flight model

• Help establish lightweight mechanical working methods, including templates, part numbering, revision control, and a practical PDM approach

• Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure parts are produced correctly and to improve designs based on feedback
  

Required skills and qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience taking mechanical designs from concept to CAD to drawings to prototypes to manufacturing

• Experience designing compact electromechanical products, such as sensor products, robotics, industrial devices, medical devices, automotive systems, or aerospace products

• Solid design-for-manufacturing mindset, including tolerance strategy, fastening and alignment features, and practical assembly considerations

• Ability to create clear manufacturing packages, including drawings with tolerances, materials and finishes, BOMs, and assembly documentation

• Comfortable working cross-functionally with systems and electronics engineers and handling interface trade-offs

• Experience working with and setting up PDM/PLM tools

• Self-driven and structured, with the ability to set priorities, build routines, and make steady progress in a startup environment
  

Bonus skills

• Space or aerospace mechanical design experience

• Opto-mechanics experience, including lens assemblies, sensor alignment, mounts, and stray light baffles or covers

• Experience preparing hardware for environmental testing, such as vibration, shock, and thermal cycling, and working with test houses

• Basic thermal and structural awareness for harsh environments, with support from external specialists for detailed analysis

• Familiarity with contamination control and clean handling around optics and sensors

The company’s primary language is English, and proficiency in additional languages is a plus.

Right to work in Sweden
You must already have legal authorization to work in Sweden, through EU/EEA citizenship, permanent residence, or a valid Swedish work permit. We cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Location
This role is based in Luleå and requires regular on-site work.

Join Vimotek on its exciting mission to develop the solutions that will enable the industrialization of space – let’s do great things together.