Structures Engineer II

Role Overview

• Firefly engineers own and influence the entire hardware design cycle including conceptual design, structural layout, sizing analysis, hardware production, and structural testing
• Design and development of composite and metallic pressurized structures for orbital launch applications and spacecraft
• Mass optimization of existing designs and requalifying designs
• Supporting products from conceptual creation, design release, analysis, prototype, qual and production
• Support configuration development and trade studies
• Maintain requirements, activity schedule, budget, and status
• Create CAD, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other documentation
• Perform first order strength and sizing calculations for your structure

Requirements

• Required B.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering
• 1-6 years of progressive experience in a structural system design-related role
• Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software (Siemens NX / FiberSim preferable).
• Ability to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide technical guidance and insight.
• Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools like Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, Simcenter, etc.
• A passion for the structures!
• Desired Working knowledge of composite manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, and characterization
• Demonstrated experience with composite structures and manufacturing techniques
• Experience taking hardware from analysis, through test, and back through analysis validation
• Familiarity with aerospace standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc)