Mechanical Engineer III

Firefly Aerospace • Cedar Park, TX

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About The Position

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Mechanical or Aerospace Engineer to join its Primary Structures Team. The role focuses on developing pressurized structures for launch vehicles throughout the product life cycle, participating in analysis, design, fabrication, and testing. The position involves owning hardware from conceptual design through production and structural testing, and collaborating across disciplines to deliver structures and support their development and qualification.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• At least 6 years of experience in a structural system design-related role.
• Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software; Siemens NX and FiberSim are preferred.
• Ability to work effectively on a multidisciplinary team and provide technical guidance and insight.
• Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools such as Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, or Simcenter.
• Passion for structures.

Nice To Haves

• Experience taking hardware from analysis through testing and back through analysis validation.
• Familiarity with aerospace standard structural analysis methods such as Bruhn, Niu, and Roark.
• Working knowledge of composite manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, and characterization.
• Demonstrated experience with composite structures and manufacturing techniques.
• Experience with pressurant or propellant tanks.
• Experience with filament-wound and/or AFP structures.
• Passion for very large pressurized structures.

Responsibilities

• Own the cradle-to-grave roadmap for assigned hardware, including conceptual design, structural layout, sizing analysis, hardware production, and structural testing.
• Design and develop composite pressurized structures.
• Optimize the mass of existing designs and requalify designs.
• Support products from conceptual creation through design release, analysis, prototyping, qualification, and production.
• Support configuration development and trade studies.
• Maintain requirements, activity schedules, budgets, and status.
• Create CAD models, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other documentation.
• Perform first-order strength and sizing calculations for assigned structures.

Benefits

• Generous health, dental, and vision plans with low plan deductibles.
• Parental leave.
• Relocation benefits.
• Educational reimbursement.
• Short-term disability.
• Flexible PTO options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior