Senior Propulsion Structures Engineer — Space Vehicles

The Exploration Company; Bordeaux; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Relocation assistance

Résumé du poste

The Exploration Company is seeking a Propulsion Structural Engineer to lead the structural substantiation of propulsion components, ensuring traceability from concept through qualification. You will work with design engineers to validate sizing and drive iterative improvements using validated analysis results.

You will participate in hardware test campaigns, correlate results with models, and support anomaly investigations within a collaborative, fast‑paced environment in Bordeaux with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in structural analysis for launch vehicles, spacecraft, or space capsules.
• Experience with NASA-STD-5001, ECSS or equivalent standards for structural certification.
• Proficiency with CAD environments (CATIA, NX) to review and propose design changes.

Responsabilités

• Review static and dynamic load inputs, material properties, test data, and component requirements for structural analysis cases.
• Produce stress and fatigue analysis results with validation methodologies and justification of margins.
• Assess integration of off-the-shelf equipment within propulsion systems and qualified loads.
• Own structural substantiation from concept through qualification with traceability between requirements, analysis and test.
• Collaborate with design engineers to validate sizing and iterate through designs.

Connaissances

Structural analysis

Hand calculations

Cross-functional collaboration

Autonomous work

Outils

NASTRAN

CATIA

NX

Description du poste

The Exploration Company is seeking a Propulsion Structural Engineer to lead the structural substantiation of propulsion components, ensuring traceability from concept through qualification. You will work with design engineers to validate sizing and drive iterative improvements using validated analysis results.

You will participate in hardware test campaigns, correlate results with models, and support anomaly investigations within a collaborative, fast‑paced environment in Bordeaux with