Senior Structural Analyst – Aerospace Propulsion

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Company stock

Employee stock purchase program

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with company match

EV charging subsidies

Onsite fitness centers

Merchandise discounts

Job summary

Rocket Lab’s Long Beach, CA site seeks a Senior Structural Analyst I to support the Neutron program and propulsion hardware. You will build analytical models, run thermal/structural/vibration analyses, and guide hardware design to meet vehicle requirements while documenting methods and results for reviews.

You will collaborate with design teams, instrument hardware, and contribute to testing and data-driven improvements. Equity and stock-based rewards accompany strong base pay.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience performing thermal, structural and vibration analysis for aerospace hardware.
• Mastery in thermal, structural, vibration and life assessment analysis best practices.
• Mastery in ductile and brittle material failure theories.
• Experience instrumenting hardware using strain gauges, thermocouples, and accelerometers to anchor FEM results.
• Proficiency in finite element analysis using commercially available software packages.
• Proficiency using Python, Matlab, VBA, and/or C++

Responsibilities

• Create system, subassemblies, and individual parts analytical models.
• Perform multiphysics structural, thermal, vibration, fatigue, and fracture analyses.
• Collaborate with the design team to finalize hardware designs to meet vehicle requirements.
• Generate and maintain documentation of analyses for hardware reviews and qualification.
• Support stage, engine and sub-system testing through data review and recommendations.
• Develop standard practices for structural analysis and hand calculations.
• Provide direction to the engineering team on analysis and deliverable schedules as the program evolves.

Skills

Finite element analysis

Python

Matlab

C++

VBA

Thermal analysis

Structural analysis

Vibration analysis

Instrumentation

Strain gauges

Thermocouples

Accelerometers

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering

Tools

ANSYS Workbench

NASGRO

Job description

Rocket Lab’s Long Beach, CA site seeks a Senior Structural Analyst I to support the Neutron program and propulsion hardware. You will build analytical models, run thermal/structural/vibration analyses, and guide hardware design to meet vehicle requirements while documenting methods and results for reviews.

You will collaborate with design teams, instrument hardware, and contribute to testing and data-driven improvements. Equity and stock-based rewards accompany strong base pay.