Spacecraft Structures Analysis Engineer II/III

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

Parental leave

Relocation assistance

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace in Austin, TX is seeking an Analysis Engineer to join the Mechanical Engineering Team to perform structural analyses on spacecraft and launch-vehicle structures, and to validate designs through testing and correlation with analysis models.

You will use ANSYS and NX Nastran for linear and nonlinear analyses, develop test requirements, and collaborate across design, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure safety factors and weight goals are met.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or civil engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years with a Bachelor’s Degree.
• Proficient with analytical simulation software and hand calculations for structural analysis.
• Familiarity with aerospace standard analysis methods.
• Exceptional comprehension of first principles related to structures and materials.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and test engineering to develop hardware throughout the design lifecycle
• Perform structural analyses by classical hand calculation and finite element analysis for composites and metals.
• Perform linear and non-linear structural analysis, eigenvalue buckling analysis, non-linear buckling analysis, and modal finite element analysis using ANSYS and NX Nastran.
• Develop test requirements to ensure adequate data for analysis correlation.
• Validate finite element analysis with hand calculations and test data.Review internal and external analyses.
• Work with responsible and systems engineers to define required material properties and part modifications to meet structural requirements.
• Write strength and stability margins to required program safety factors.

Skills

Structural analysis

Finite element analysis

Aerospace engineering

Education

Master's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

NX Nastran

Job description

Firefly Aerospace in Austin, TX is seeking an Analysis Engineer to join the Mechanical Engineering Team to perform structural analyses on spacecraft and launch-vehicle structures, and to validate designs through testing and correlation with analysis models.

You will use ANSYS and NX Nastran for linear and nonlinear analyses, develop test requirements, and collaborate across design, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure safety factors and weight goals are met.