Hands-On Structural Analysis and Test Engineer

Strativ Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Strativ Group is partnering with an innovative aerospace and defence organisation to find a hands-on Structural Analysis & Test Engineer to support the development, analysis and qualification of mission-critical hardware. This role blends advanced structural analysis with practical testing, taking hardware from initial analysis through physical verification and qualification, with cross-functional collaboration across Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Manufacturing, Quality and Test teams.

U.S.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in structural analysis and physical testing.
• Experience with FEA tools and hardware testing.
• Understanding of static strength, fatigue, vibration, and thermal stress.
• Hands-on with strain gauges, accelerometers, thermocouples, load cells.
• Proficient in MATLAB and Python for calculations.
• Strong problem-solving and communication across teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform structural analysis and FEA across assemblies, enclosures, PCBs.
• Evaluate static strength, fatigue, buckling, modal response, vibration, shock, and thermal-structural effects.
• Develop verification plans, load cases and acceptance criteria.
• Support physical tests, instrumentation, data acquisition and post-test inspection.
• Correlate FEA with test data and investigate discrepancies.
• Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Manufacturing, Quality and Test teams.

Skills

FEA tools

Structural dynamics

Test instrumentation

MATLAB/Python

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Technical communication

Education

Mechanical/Aerospace Eng degree

Tools

ANSYS

Abaqus

NASTRAN

FEMAP

Job description

Strativ Group is partnering with an innovative aerospace and defence organisation to find a hands-on Structural Analysis & Test Engineer to support the development, analysis and qualification of mission-critical hardware. This role blends advanced structural analysis with practical testing, taking hardware from initial analysis through physical verification and qualification, with cross-functional collaboration across Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Manufacturing, Quality and Test teams.

U.S.