Structures Engineer El Segundo, CA

Gengalactic; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

PTO

Stock options

Job summary

General Galactic Technologies Corporation seeks a Structures Engineer to design and analyze spacecraft structures and mechanisms across our product line, including Seldon and Dreadnought vehicles, Genesis propulsion systems, and more. You will own major vehicle structures, interfaces, and ground systems, moving between first-principles analysis and hands-on hardware.

This hands-on role requires fundamentals in mechanical design, statics, dynamics, materials science, and manufacturing.

Qualifications

• BS in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience designing, analyzing, building, or testing aerospace structures, spacecraft hardware, mechanisms, or related hardware.
• Strong fundamentals in statics, dynamics, materials science, and mechanical design.
• First-principles approach to problem solving even with incomplete or partial information.
• Hands-on experience designing flight or test hardware such as panels, mounts, interfaces, deployment systems, or structural assemblies.
• Ability to perform practical engineering analysis spanning hand calculations, spreadsheets, Python, MATLAB, CAD, and FEA.
• Strong mechanical design skills, including CAD, drawings, tolerancing, material selection, manufacturability, assembly, and testability.
• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment or similar, with high agency, strong ownership, and willingness to work hands-on across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Own structural system design, component selection, and integration for spacecraft vehicles, propulsion systems, ground test hardware, and associated hardware.
• Own structural analyses including load paths, modal analyses, coupled loads, shock, safety margins, and interfaces.
• Design and integrate mechatronic systems that support key vehicle functions.
• Develop and maintain simulations, calculations, and models to guide design decisions.
• Create CAD models, drawings, interface definitions, assembly procedures, test procedures, and engineering documentation.
• Plan, execute, and troubleshoot testing of structural systems.

Skills

Statics

Dynamics

Materials science

Mechanical design

CAD

FEA

Python

MATLAB

Hand calculations

Team collaboration

Education

BS in mechanical engineering

BS in aerospace engineering

Tools

CAD

Python

MATLAB

FEA

Spreadsheets

Job description

As a Structures Engineer, you will work closely with a focused technical team to design and analyze critical spacecraft structures and mechanisms across our product suite, including Seldon and Dreadnought spacecraft vehicles, Genesis propulsion systems, and more. You will have extreme ownership over your work, move quickly, and operate with high agency. As we grow, there will be opportunities to expand your role with the company.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone with experience using fundamentals in mechanical design, statics, dynamics, materials science, and manufacturing to design and analyze hardware. You will have the opportunity to own major vehicle structures, interfaces, mechanisms, and ground systems. You should be comfortable moving between first-principles analysis, detailed mechanical design, hardware build, test operations, and post-test data review.

Responsibilities may include:

• Own structural system design, component selection, and integration for spacecraft vehicles, propulsion systems, ground test hardware, and associated hardware
• Own structural analyses including load paths, modal analyses, coupled loads, shock, safety margins, and interfaces
• Design and integrate mechatronic systems that support key vehicle functions
• Develop and maintain simulations, calculations, and models to guide design decisions
• Create CAD models, drawings, interface definitions, assembly procedures, test procedures, and engineering documentation
• Plan, execute, and troubleshoot testing of structural systems.

Requirements

Successful applicants should have most of the following:

• BS in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field
• 2+ years of experience designing, analyzing, building, or testing aerospace structures, spacecraft hardware, mechanisms, or related hardware
• Strong fundamentals in statics, dynamics, materials science, and mechanical design
• First-principles approach to problem solving even with incomplete or partial information
• Hands-on experience designing flight or test hardware such as panels, mounts, interfaces, deployment systems, or structural assemblies
• Ability to perform practical engineering analysis spanning hand calculations, spreadsheets, Python, MATLAB, CAD, and FEA
• Strong mechanical design skills, including CAD, drawings, tolerancing, material selection, manufacturability, assembly, and testability
• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment or similar, with high agency, strong ownership, and willingness to work hands-on across disciplines

Your salary and incentives will be determined individually on the basis of the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Benefits include medical/vision/dental/PTO/401k/stock options, and more!

This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.

General Galactic Technologies Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.