Senior Space Vehicle Structures Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

Paid holidays and vacation

401(k) plan employer match

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Space Vehicle and Electronic Component Structural Engineer to join the CASS section in the Vehicle Systems Division. You will apply solid mechanics and FEA to space hardware, including panels, antennas, solar arrays and electronics assemblies, ensuring structural integrity for mission-critical systems.

You will lead analyses, mentor junior staff, and coordinate with program offices and customers to resolve complex issues and advance engineering standards across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field
• 8 years of increasingly responsible professional or industry experience in structural engineering
• Experience performing finite element analyses
• Experience in structural mechanics such as elasticity, plasticity, nonlinear materials, plates and shells, energy methods, finite element methods, fracture, and fatigue
• Experience with the design, qualification, and testing of aerospace structural components and systems
• Initiates development of advanced analytical techniques, concepts, and/or design criteria for subsystems
• Ability to support multiple programs/activities simultaneously
• Willingness to travel occasionally to work locations or customer sites (approximately 10%), domestically or internationally
• Active TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government.
• U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership as part of mission assurance processes for U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, and NRO missions to assure structural integrity
• Identity, evaluate, and resolve structural design and test issues for electronics components and spacecraft structures
• Lead technical teams to identify issues, prioritize tasks, and communicate with management and customers
• Coord in inter-organizational personnel, program offices, and customers to resolve technical issues
• Serve as senior mentor for the development of early career staff
• Conduct peer reviews of technical products and findings
• Maintain authoritative expertise in the development, analysis, and verification of electronic packaging and space structures

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

NASTRAN

Abaqus

ANSYS

LS-DYNA

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Space Vehicle and Electronic Component Structural Engineer to join the CASS section in the Vehicle Systems Division. You will apply solid mechanics and FEA to space hardware, including panels, antennas, solar arrays and electronics assemblies, ensuring structural integrity for mission-critical systems.

You will lead analyses, mentor junior staff, and coordinate with program offices and customers to resolve complex issues and advance engineering standards across