Maritime Stress Analysis Engineer: Subsea Structures

Mosaic.tech; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA, seeks a Stress Analysis Engineer to lead structural analysis, materials characterization, and design allowables for mission-critical maritime hardware. You will bridge classical methods, FEM, and M&P metallurgy to ensure structural integrity from concept to fabrication and testing.

The role emphasizes autonomy, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and potential growth into a technical capability lead as the product line expands in a high-stakes defense

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Structural Engineering, Materials Science, or related technical discipline.
• 4+ years (Mid) or 7+ years (Senior) of demonstrated experience in structural stress analysis on high-consequence hardware.
• Proficiency in classical hand calculations and commercial FEA tools (Abaqus, ANSYS, Nastran/Patran, HyperMesh).
• Experience developing design allowables using statistical methods (MMPDS).

Responsibilities

• Perform classical hand calculations and advanced FEA on maritime pressure boundaries and structural assemblies.
• Define and maintain design allowables across materials; characterize tensile strength, fatigue, and fracture toughness.
• Own the allowables database and translate material specs into finite element models and margin calculations.
• Drive test programs from coupon-level to full-scale qualification in collaboration with test teams.

Skills

Structural analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering judgment

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical/Aerospace/Structural Engineering

Tools

Abaqus

ANSYS

Nastran/Patran

HyperMesh

Job description

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA, seeks a Stress Analysis Engineer to lead structural analysis, materials characterization, and design allowables for mission-critical maritime hardware. You will bridge classical methods, FEM, and M&P metallurgy to ensure structural integrity from concept to fabrication and testing.

The role emphasizes autonomy, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and potential growth into a technical capability lead as the product line expands in a high-stakes defense