Senior Structural Analysis Engineer

Castelion Corporation • Torrance, CA

7h

About The Position

We're looking for a Senior Structural Analysis Engineer to help design and validate next-generation hypersonic defense systems. You'll work in a fast-moving startup environment where analysis directly informs design decisions, hardware builds, and flight readiness. This role offers high ownership, close collaboration with design and test teams, and the opportunity to see your work rapidly turn into flying hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of structural analysis, structural dynamics, and aerospace materials.
• Experience with FEA tools such as Abaqus, NASTRAN, or similar solvers.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, rapidly evolving technical environments.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with launch vehicles, spacecraft, aircraft, UAVs, or propulsion systems.
• Knowledge of fatigue, fracture mechanics, buckling, or thermal-structural analysis.
• Familiarity with aerospace standards and certification processes (e.g., FAA, NASA, MIL).
• Scripting or programming experience (Python, MATLAB) to automate analysis workflows.
• Experience supporting hardware testing or flight operations.

Responsibilities

• Build global structural models to evaluate vehicle performance and to provide subsystem loads inputs
• Perform complex, non-linear structural analyses
• Create system level dynamics models to support platform integration
• Develop analysis workflows and methods to accelerate vehicle development
• Define analysis best practices and mentor junior engineers

Benefits

• All employees are granted long-term stock incentives as part of their employment at Castelion.
• All employees receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance, and the company offers four weeks of paid time off per year.

What This Job Offers

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