Orbital Structures Analyst: Design, Stress & Validation

Gravitics Inc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Equity

401(k)

PTO

Job summary

Gravitics Inc seeks engineers skilled in structural analysis and FEM methods to drive the design of large-scale orbital structures. You will validate designs, perform rigorous stress and stability analyses, and support subsystem testing through data-driven insights.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in mechanical or aerospace engineering, experience with non-conformances, and strong hand-calculation skills to complement FEM work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an applicable field required.
• 3+ years of mechanical or aerospace engineering experience.
• Experience with non-conformances dispositioning.
• Hand calculations for internal and reaction loads.
• Knowledge of bolted joints and related physics.
• FEM-like modelling and analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Validate and optimize primary/secondary structural designs for strength, stiffness, weight, cost, and manufacturability.
• Perform stress, deflection, stability analyses using FEM and hand calculations.
• Contribute to subsystem test planning, execution, data reduction, analysis.
• Provide analysis checks for designers and junior analysts.
• Prepare technical content for internal/external customers.
• Assess damage or out-of-tolerance conditions and guide repairs.

Skills

Structural analysis

FEM software

Bolted joints

Hand calculations

Stress analysis

Damage assessment

Vehicle load paths

Interpreting specs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SimCenter

FEMAP

Ansys

Nastran

Optistruct

LS-Dyna

Abaqus

Job description

Gravitics Inc seeks engineers skilled in structural analysis and FEM methods to drive the design of large-scale orbital structures. You will validate designs, perform rigorous stress and stability analyses, and support subsystem testing through data-driven insights.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in mechanical or aerospace engineering, experience with non-conformances, and strong hand-calculation skills to complement FEM work.