Analysis Engineer II/III (Spacecraft Structures)

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.

Cedar Park (TX)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

4 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO options

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. in Texas is seeking an Analysis Engineer on the Mechanical Engineering Team to perform structural analysis on spacecraft, launch vehicle structures, and ground support equipment.

You will use hand calculations and finite element methods in ANSYS and NX Nastran, develop test requirements, and help optimize designs for weight, strength, and reliability while meeting program safety factors.

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or civil engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Proficient with analytical simulation software and hand calculations for structural analysis.
Familiarity with aerospace standard analysis methods.
Exceptional comprehension of first principles related to structures and materials.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and test engineering to develop hardware throughout the design lifecycle.
Perform structural analyses by classical hand calculation and finite element analysis for composites and metals.
Perform linear and non-linear structural analysis, eigenvalue buckling analysis, non-linear buckling analysis, and modal finite element analysis using ANSYS and NX Nastran.
Develop test requirements to ensure adequate data for analysis correlation.
Validate finite element analysis with hand calculations and test data.
Review internal and external analyses.
Work with responsible and systems engineers to define required material properties and part modifications to meet structural requirements.
Write strength and stability margins to required program safety factors.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Master's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Civil Engineering

Bachelor's Degree (with 5+ years experience)

Tools

ANSYS

NX Nastran

Finite element analysis

Job description

At Firefly, we’re focused on making space attainable for everyone – including you! Each team member’s passion, dedication, and innovative ideas have a direct impact on fueling our successful trajectory into space. And there’s no shortage of meaningful projects to work on at Firefly. With launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles, Firefly has a diverse line of business with opportunities to get hands‑on experience launching rockets, operating in space, and landing on the Moon.

Our missions are powered by our incredible team ...

Peep our Elytra orbiter being assembled in the ...

Start your week with another Manufacturing Minute! ...

This World Space Week, remember to look up and ...

The engine powering Alpha`s first stage is truly ...

Our Values

Headquartered in the Lone Star State, Firefly’s hardworking team reflects Texas’ GO BIG culture in everything we do. We build big, achieve big, and dream big. We’re building launch vehicles and spacecraft to provide rapid, reliable space access. We’ve achieved some incredible wins, including the first successful commercial Moon landing. And we’re dreaming bigger than this planet with ambitions to Mars, Venus, and beyond. Our core values are what drive us along the way.

Passion

Fireflies believe in perseverance, responsiveness, and mentoring others with a focus on inspiring a better future.

Accountability

Fireflies act with integrity and take ownership of our actions, commitments, decisions, and outcomes.

Fireflies work in alignment across teams and communicate clearly with mutual respect for one another.

Fireflies deliver high-quality work through technical rigor and timely disciplined execution for our customers.

We take care of our Fireflies with some of the best benefits in the industry. Our mission to make space for everyone starts with our employees and allowing them to make space for their family, their career, and their future.

Space for You

Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
3-month sabbatical for every 5 years of service
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Mental health services
Paid military leave

Space for Your Family

12 weeks paid maternity leave
4 weeks paid spouse leave
$20k towards family planning: fertility, surrogacy, adoption
Dog friendly workplace

Space for Your Career

$10k/year towards trade school or college
Ongoing coaching to advance leadership skills
- Employee-ownership with stock bonuses
- 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching
- $10k bonus for home purchase in Cedar Park, Texas

Job Openings

From launch technicians to propulsion engineers, Firefly has open roles across the company. We’re looking for passionate, bright innovators to join our team and help make space an achievable dream for everyone.

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

As an Analysis Engineer on the Mechanical Engineering Team, you will be responsible for analysis of various structures across multiple projects including spacecraft, launch vehicle structures, and launch and test ground support equipment. You will use your knowledge of structural analysis to improve previous designs and influence new designs by minimizing weight and at the same time ensuring conformance to program and customer strength and stability requirements. You will leverage testing of hardware to correlate and validate analysis models.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and test engineering to develop hardware throughout the design lifecycle
Perform structural analyses by classical hand calculation and finite element analysis for composites and metals.
Perform linear and non-linear structural analysis, eigenvalue buckling analysis, non-linear buckling analysis, and modal finite element analysis using ANSYS and NX Nastran.
Develop test requirements to ensure adequate data for analysis correlation.
Validate finite element analysis with hand calculations and test data.
Review internal and external analyses.
Work with responsible and systems engineers to define required material properties and part modifications to meet structural requirements.
Write strength and stability margins to required program safety factors.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required (Level-2)

Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or civil engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Proficient with analytical simulation software and hand calculations for structural analysis.
Familiarity with aerospace standard analysis methods.
Exceptional comprehension of first principles related to structures and materials.

Required (Level-3)

Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or civil engineering and 8+ years of relevant experience, or 10+ years with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Proficient with analytical simulation software and hand calculations for structural analysis.
Familiarity with aerospace standard analysis methods.
Ability to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide technical guidance and insight.
Exceptional comprehension of first principles related to structures and materials.

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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