Stress Analysis Engineer

Firefly Aerospace; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company in the space industry as a Stress Analyst, where your expertise in structural analysis will help shape the future of space transportation. In this role, you will analyze spacecraft and launch vehicle structures, ensuring they meet stringent safety and stability requirements. Collaborate with a dynamic team of engineers to innovate and improve designs while leveraging advanced analytical tools. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking projects that push the boundaries of technology and exploration. If you're passionate about aerospace engineering and ready to take on new challenges, this is the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in relevant engineering field or 5+ years experience with a Bachelor’s.
• Proficient in structural analysis and familiar with aerospace standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform structural analyses for spacecraft and launch vehicle structures.
• Collaborate with teams to develop hardware throughout the design lifecycle.

Skills

Structural Analysis

Finite Element Analysis

Analytical Simulation Software

Team Collaboration

Education

Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace or Civil Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

NX Nastran

Job description

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Careers At Firefly Aerospace

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As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

As a Stress Analyst on the Mechanical Engineering Team, you will be responsible for analysis of various structures across multiple projects including spacecraft, launch vehicle structures, and launch and test ground support equipment. You will use your knowledge of structural analysis to improve previous designs and influence new designs by minimizing weight while ensuring conformance to program and customer strength and stability requirements. You will leverage testing of hardware to correlate and validate analysis models.

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Civil Engineering and 2+ 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.
• Ability to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide technical guidance and insight.
• Exceptional comprehension of first principles related to structures and materials.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.