Space Structures Analyst — FEM & Structural Integrity

Gravitics Inc; Marysville (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical insurance

401(k)

PTO

Employee discounts

Job summary

Gravitics Inc. in Marysville, WA is seeking a structurally minded engineer to drive the full product lifecycle of large-scale space structures, including pressurized components and mechanisms.

You will collaborate with design engineers to validate designs, perform FEM and hand calculations, and support testing and analysis across subsystems. You will assess damage, advise on repairs or usage, and contribute to a culture of relentless learning.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industry experience in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field.
• Experience with analyzing / dispositioning non-conformances.
• Experience with hand calculations including free-body diagrams for internal and reaction load derivation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of bolted joint calculations (bolt preload, joint stiffness, shear-tension interaction, insert pull-out, etc.)
• Demonstrated expertise with at least two of the following pre-post/solver codes: SimCenter, FEMAP, Ansys, Nastran, Optistruct, LS Dyna, Hypermesh, NASGRO, Abaqus, IMAT

Responsibilities

• Partner with design engineers to validate and optimize primary and secondary structural designs for strength, stiffness, weight, cost, and manufacturability.
• Perform stress, deflection, stability, and margin of safety analyses using FEM and hand calculations.
• Participate in subsystem test planning, execution, data reduction and analysis.
• Analysis checks for designers and junior structural analysts in stress/stability/fracture analysis and best practices.
• Prepare technical content and present to internal and external customers.
• Ability to perform technical assessment of damage or out of tolerance conditions and provide guidance on repair or use.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Aerospace engineering

FEM/analysis

Stress analysis

Hand calculations

Bolted joints

Materials knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

SimCenter

FEMAP

Ansys

Nastran

Abaqus

Hypermesh

Job description

Gravitics Inc. in Marysville, WA is seeking a structurally minded engineer to drive the full product lifecycle of large-scale space structures, including pressurized components and mechanisms.

You will collaborate with design engineers to validate designs, perform FEM and hand calculations, and support testing and analysis across subsystems. You will assess damage, advise on repairs or usage, and contribute to a culture of relentless learning.