Analysis Engineer II/III (Spacecraft Structures)

Firefly Aerospace•Cedar Park, TX

About The Position

As an Analysis Engineer on the Mechanical Engineering Team, you will analyze structures across projects including spacecraft, launch vehicle structures, and launch and test ground support equipment. You will use structural analysis expertise to improve existing designs and influence new ones, minimizing weight while ensuring compliance with program and customer strength and stability requirements. You will also use hardware testing to correlate and validate analysis models.

Requirements

Level II: Master’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Civil Engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience.
Level III: Master’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Civil Engineering and 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.
Proficiency 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.

Nice To Haves

Ability to effectively work in a multidisciplinary team and provide technical guidance and insight (Level III).

Responsibilities

Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and test engineering to develop hardware throughout the design lifecycle.
Perform structural analyses using classical hand calculations 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.