Senior Analyst, Deployable Structures

E-Space; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Health and wellness care options

Continuous learning and development

Job summary

E-Space is seeking a Senior Structures Analyst to own the integrated FEM of the deployed antenna assembly and lead structural performance analyses. You will ensure margins flow from system-level requirements to component-level stiffness and mass while coordinating with multiple teams.

This role requires strong experience with Nastran/ANSYS, structural dynamics, and model-test correlation, plus Python or MATLAB scripting. On-site in Texas with California as alternate, in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in FEA structural analysis for modal, static and dynamics problems.
• Experience with flight/high-reliability hardware and margin of safety calculations.
• Ability to build and maintain a system-level integrated FEM across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated FEM of the deployed assembly and incorporate boundary conditions.
• Perform deployed-state structural performance analysis and margin verification.
• Develop and maintain structural requirements allocation from system to components.
• Lead model-test correlation and update model parameters from test data.
• Conduct deployment analysis to support test predictions and risk assessment.
• Maintain the structural analysis error budget and monitor margins.

Skills

FEA tools

Structural dynamics analysis

Python or MATLAB scripting

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Nastran

ANSYS

Job description

E-Space is bridging Earth and space to enable hyper-scaled deployments of space-powered Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. We are looking for a Senior Structures Analyst to own the structural analysis backbone of our Integrated Antenna Structure team.

The role is a senior individual contributor responsible for developing and maintaining the integrated finite element model of the deployed antenna assembly, performing structural performance and dynamics analysis, and establishing requirements flow-down from system-level to component-level structural margins.

Location: On-site in Texas preferred; California as alternate. Close proximity to hardware and test activities is important.

What you'll do

• Own the integrated FEM of the deployed assembly, incorporating structural element stiffness and mass properties from contributing subsystem teams and deployment mechanism boundary conditions.
• Perform deployed-state structural performance analysis: modal survey prediction, static deflection under on-orbit loads (thermal, attitude control), and margin of safety verification.
• Develop and maintain the structural requirements allocation, flowing from system-level performance requirements down to component-level stiffness, mass, and CTE requirements for each contributing team.
• Lead model-test correlation at each level of the V&V test pyramid: update model parameters from test data, maintain a documented correlation record.
• Perform deployment analysis (e.g., deployable element kinematics, tensioning loads, deployment force margins, system dynamics) in support of the Deployable Structures Test Engineer's test predictions.
• Assess structural risk of design changes and interface deviations, and provide structural input to anomaly investigation teams.
• Develop and maintain the structural analysis error budget, tracking margin consumption as design changes occur.

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS or Ph.D. in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Proficiency in FEA structural analysis (Nastran, ANSYS, or equivalent) for modal, static, and linear dynamics problems.
• Experience performing structural analysis for flight or high-reliability hardware, including margin of safety calculations and requirements compliance.
• Experience with structural dynamics (modal analysis, frequency response, eigenvalue methods) not just static stress analysis.
• Ability to build and maintain a system-level integrated FEM incorporating inputs from multiple contributing teams at different fidelity levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. strongly preferred for the senior-level scope.
• Experience with large deployable structures (antennas, solar arrays, booms, or lightweight flexible systems) including specific modeling challenges: geometric nonlinearity, low-stiffness modes, and large-displacement effects.
• Experience with model-test correlation methodology, updating model parameters from test data and bounding residual correlation uncertainty.
• Familiarity with deployment dynamics simulation tools (multi-body dynamics, flexible-body simulation).
• Experience with structural error budgeting or requirements allocation across a multi-team program.
• Python or MATLAB scripting for pre/post-processing of analysis data.

$140,000 - $210,000 a year.

E-Space is not currently able to provide employment sponsorship for candidates who do not hold work authorization for the location of this role.

Benefits

• An opportunity to really make a difference
• Sustainability at our core
• Fair and honest workplace
• Innovative thinking is encouraged
• Competitive salaries
• Continuous learning and development
• Health and wellness care options
• Financial solutions for the future