Senior Spacecraft Structural Analyst

Impulsespace; Redondo Beach (CA); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 205.000; Jornada completa

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Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Descripción de la vacante

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Senior Structural Analyst to lead structural analysis for spacecraft, collaborating with Vehicle Engineering teams to ensure performance and reliability through robust models and verification strategies.

You will develop and maintain FEM models, run hand calculations, and drive design choices with a focus on margins, test correlation, and scalable analysis processes in a fast-paced environment.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in structural analysis, stress analysis, structural dynamics, aerospace structures, spacecraft hardware, launch vehicle hardware, mechanical systems, or a related field.
• Strong fundamentals in solid mechanics, strength of materials, structural dynamics, vibration, fatigue, bolted joints, load paths, stiffness, and stability.
• Experience building and running finite element models for complex mechanical or aerospace hardware (NASTRAN, FEMAP, or similar).
• Proficiency with CAD tools (NX or similar).
• Experience analyzing static loads, modal response, random vibration, acoustic environments, fatigue, thermal stress, or coupled structural loads.
• Experience calculating margins for metallic and composite structures.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, or VBA for analysis and automation.

Responsabilidades

• Own Global Vehicle FEM models, defining model requirements and fidelity, managing load cases, and maintaining model accuracy across vehicle life cycles.
• Align Vehicle models to be used for both static structural and dynamic (CLA) analysis.
• Develop and perform first-order hand calculations, rapid analytical assessments, and high-fidelity finite element analyses to evaluate static, dynamic, and environmental loads against strength, stiffness, stability, and fatigue.
• Generate margins for metallic and composite structures, including joints and interfaces (bolted, bonded, etc.).
• Set the standard for analysis at Impulse, generating reusable analysis methods, templates, and workflows that improve structural design speed, consistency, and technical rigor.
• Support the development of scalable analysis approaches and infrastructure aligned with a fast-paced development environment.
• Provide expert input on a wide range of analysis and verification problems, including, pressurized structures, welds, composites, fatigue, stability, non-linear analysis, and more.
• Develop plans for launch loads derivation, test loads definition, qualification strategy, acceptance testing, and structural verification.
• Correlate FEM models with test and flight data to improve prediction accuracy.
• Drive root-cause investigations for structural failures, test anomalies, model-test correlation gaps, and hardware nonconformances.

Conocimientos

FEM modeling

Solid mechanics

Structural dynamics

Bolted joints

Python

MATLAB

FEMAP

NASTRAN

NX

Load cases

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Civil/Engineering Mechanics

Herramientas

NASTRAN

FEMAP

NX

Descripción del empleo

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Senior Structural Analyst to lead structural analysis for spacecraft, collaborating with Vehicle Engineering teams to ensure performance and reliability through robust models and verification strategies.

You will develop and maintain FEM models, run hand calculations, and drive design choices with a focus on margins, test correlation, and scalable analysis processes in a fast-paced environment.