Senior Spacecraft Structural Analysis Engineer

Industrious Ventures; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity-based compensation

PTO & holiday calendar

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Space Kinetic is seeking a Structural Analysis Engineer with 5–10 years of experience to perform analyses across spacecraft, payloads, and deployment hardware. You will build models, define load cases, and validate results to guide lightweight and reliable designs.

The role is onsite at Space Kinetic's headquarters in El Segundo, CA, with up to ~20% travel. Competitive base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, applied physics, or related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in structural analysis, stress analysis, structural dynamics, loads development, or related field.
• Strong foundation in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, fatigue, fracture mechanics, and material behavior.
• Experience with finite element analysis tools (FEMAP/NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus, etc.).
• Ability to validate models with hand calculations and test data.

Responsibilities

• Conduct static, thermo-mechanical, dynamic, vibration, buckling, fatigue, and fracture analyses using FE methods.
• Develop structural models to predict stress, deformation, dynamic response, and margins of safety.
• Define load cases and environments for spacecraft and flight hardware.
• Perform hand calculations to validate results and guide design decisions.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, systems, and test engineers to develop lightweight, reliable hardware.
• Support structural test planning, instrumentation, execution, and data correlation with models.
• Lead structural design trades, mass optimization, and issue resolution during development.
• Document and present analysis findings in reviews.

Skills

Structural analysis

Stress analysis

Dynamic analysis

Loads development

First-principles methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related

Tools

FEMAP/NASTRAN

ANSYS

Abaqus

Siemens NX

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Space Kinetic is seeking a Structural Analysis Engineer with 5–10 years of experience to perform analyses across spacecraft, payloads, and deployment hardware. You will build models, define load cases, and validate results to guide lightweight and reliable designs.

The role is onsite at Space Kinetic's headquarters in El Segundo, CA, with up to ~20% travel. Competitive base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits are offered.