Senior Structures Design Engineer
About The Position
Stoke is building Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle intended to reduce the cost of space transportation while increasing availability and reliability. The Senior Structures Design Engineer will provide technical leadership and help develop engineering guidelines for pressurized structures, primary structures, thrust structures, secondary structures, and load-path definition. The engineer will serve as a Responsible Engineer for significant vehicle subsystems, owning hardware from requirements definition through development, design, analysis, build, test, vehicle integration, and flight. The role involves close collaboration across engineering disciplines and with technicians, as well as hands-on work with hardware alongside the fabrication team. It also includes mentoring junior team members and interns.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience designing high-performance structures.
- Exceptional command of engineering fundamentals.
- Demonstrated proficiency with CAD software and analysis software, with multiple examples of each; NX and ANSYS are preferred.
- Ability to determine and execute the appropriate level of analysis, from hand calculations to multiphysics finite-element solutions.
- Experience technically mentoring junior engineers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), to comply with ITAR requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with launch vehicle design.
- Familiarity with cryogenic propellants.
- Experience with NX CAD software.
- Experience with ANSYS analysis software.
Responsibilities
- Define the structural design of the rocket in coordination with owners of other portions of the vehicle.
- Analyze rocket structural components, write margin summaries, and help build and define load cases.
- Procure and manage hardware for owned components and structures.
- Work alongside manufacturing and test engineers to build, test, and integrate hardware onto the vehicle.
- Help build design tools and guidelines to accelerate the development of structural components.
- Track and disposition non-conformances for structural hardware.
- Manage the budget and schedule for owned structural components.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor junior team members and interns.
- Own significant subsystem hardware from requirements definition through development, design, analysis, build, test, vehicle integration, and flight.
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options for regular, full-time employees.
- Comprehensive benefits program, including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Company-paid life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Four weeks of paid time off.
- Eleven holidays, including an end-of-year closure.
- Paid family/parental leave.
- On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend, depending on location.
- Dog-friendly offices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
