Aerospace Structural Engineer — FEM/Stress, Growth

Mach-Industries; Victorville (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries, founded in 2023, is a defense technology company focused on autonomous platforms. The Structural Engineer role focuses on design and stress analysis for next-gen aerospace and defense systems, driving structural layouts, FEM modeling, load path development, and trade studies.

You will collaborate with propulsion, flight sciences, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams to ensure performance and structural integrity; participate in design reviews and assess risks and margins.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
• 2–5+ years of aerospace structural design and stress analysis.
• Experience with FEM modeling and structural analysis tools.
• Strong understanding of structural mechanics, stress analysis, load paths, and material behavior.
• Experience supporting aerospace conceptual or preliminary design efforts.

Responsibilities

• Develop structural layouts and aeromechanical architectures for advanced aerospace and defense platforms.
• Perform structural and mechanical analysis including load path development, stress analysis, vibration assessments, and structural sizing.
• Build and analyze FEM models including mesh generation, boundary conditions, load cases, and design trade studies.
• Support integration of aerodynamic, propulsion, and structural systems to ensure performance and structural integrity.
• Evaluate metallic and composite structures under static, dynamic, and thermal loading environments.
• Perform trade studies focused on stiffness, strength, mass optimization, manufacturability, and system integration.
• Collaborate closely with propulsion, flight sciences, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams throughout vehicle development.
• Participate in technical design reviews and communicate structural risks, margins, and performance assessments.

Skills

FEM analysis

Structural design

Aerospace engineering

Stress analysis

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

FEMAP

NASTRAN

Job description

Mach Industries, founded in 2023, is a defense technology company focused on autonomous platforms. The Structural Engineer role focuses on design and stress analysis for next-gen aerospace and defense systems, driving structural layouts, FEM modeling, load path development, and trade studies.

You will collaborate with propulsion, flight sciences, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams to ensure performance and structural integrity; participate in design reviews and assess risks and margins.