Aerospace Structure & Thermal Engineer

Aerospace Structure & Thermal Engineer

We are looking for an Aerospace Structures & Thermal Engineer with 3+ years of experience to design, analyze, and deliver flight hardware that can survive the extreme demands of spaceflight. We are building the next generation of space manufacturing infrastructure — and this person will be the one answering the critical question: will this vehicle survive? You'll own structural and thermal analyses from early concept through flight, drive mass reduction efforts, select materials, and work hands-on with hardware in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.

This is a rare opportunity to have your fingerprints on actual flight systems at a company pioneering the next industrial revolution.

What will you be doing?

• Design primary structures, load paths, internal supports, and hard points — and lead efforts to reduce mass, simplify manufacturing, and maintain structural margins
• Perform structural and thermal analyses (FEA, thermal modeling, margin calculations) using tools like ANSYS to validate hardware will survive flight environments
• Select and evaluate materials — including composites, ablatives, and thermal barrier systems — for high-temperature and extreme aerospace environments
• Develop and execute qualification test plans covering structural, thermal, vibration, and environmental testing through to flight certification
• Collaborate closely with the vehicle design, GNC, systems engineering, and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated, flight-ready hardware

Tech stack

ANSYS, Nastran, Abaqus, Python, MATLAB, CAD

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver aerospace structures, thermal systems, and flight hardware
• Own structural and thermal analyses throughout the development lifecycle
• Develop and evaluate vehicle architectures, material selections, and design trades
• Perform structural sizing, stress analysis, thermal modeling, and margin assessments
• Support the development of high-temperature systems and thermal protection approaches
• Design components, assemblies, mechanisms, and integrated vehicle structures
• Develop qualification, environmental, thermal, vibration, and structural test plans
• Work closely with systems, avionics, software, GNC, manufacturing, and mission operations teams
• Support supplier selection, manufacturing oversight, hardware integration, and production planning
• Participate in design reviews, technical decision-making, anomaly investigations, and post-flight assessments
• Contribute to engineering processes, design standards, and future vehicle development efforts