Freelance Mechanical Design Engineers (m/f/x)
Mynaric
Posted: February 13, 2026
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Quick Summary
Develop and design assemblies for optical communication terminals in a multidisciplinary team, working independently with high responsibility, and creating and maintaining assembly models throughout their life cycle.
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Job Description
Your way into the future:
Join us as Mechanical Design Engineer on a freelance basis and work with us on changing the future!
What awaits you at Mynaric:
• You develop and design assemblies for our optical communication terminals in a multidisciplinary team,
• You work independently with a high level of responsibility,
• You create and maintain the assembly models throughout their life cycle,
• Tolerancing and verification of the systems are part of your tasks,
• You derive system and subsystem requirements and define interfaces and envelopes,
• You prepare the technical documentation including manufacturing documents,
• You perform simple strength and modal analysis for initial dimensioning of the parts,
• You excel in documenting your results and convincingly present them to the project team and in reviews.
What you bring with you:
• University Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or related field.
• Expertise in the design of optomechanical systems, with knowledge of design principles and tolerance analysis.
• Passion for finding technical solutions for high-precision applications in challenging environments.
• Hands-on mentality and willingness to build and test your own designs.
• Your design solutions reflect your knowledge of manufacturing processes and serial production.
• Solid understanding of design calculations and GD&T.
• Strong knowledge of 3D CAD software and PLM systems, ideally Siemens Teamcenter/NX.
• Results-oriented, reliable, and pro-active individual, who works independently and responsibly.
• Absolute team player with strong organizational, communication and documentation skills.
• Good communication skills in written and spoken English.
• You enjoy working in an innovative, dynamic, and team-oriented environment.
What we offer you:
Have you always wanted to wear your favorite space outfit to work?Then you are exactly the right fit for us! Forget the office politics and come and work with inspiring colleagues from all over the world as you embark on an incredible journey with Mynaric to work on unique and challenging projects and make a real contribution to the future of connectivity.