Structural Analyst

Albedo•Broomfield, CO

5d•$85,000 - $95,000•Onsite

About The Position

Albedo is making Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mainstream, building the infrastructure to usher every satellite mission set into this new orbital domain. We build buses, integrated satellites, and turnkey missions for customers to thrive in VLEO, between 250 km - 400 km, where proximity compounds performance and drag self-cleans debris. As part of the first 100 employees at Albedo, you will have a big impact on Albedo’s trajectory to proliferating VLEO — whether you’re advancing hardware to increase satellite longevity, scaling production for large constellations, building next-gen flight and ground software to push performance, or enabling missions that matter for national security and our day-to-day life here on earth. How We Operate: Albedo takes a first-principles approach — in space and in business. We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly. We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company. We work in-person at our Broomfield CO HQ to maximize team and company productivity. We work hard and with urgency to compound our first-mover advantage. Who We're Looking For: Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks. Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture. Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one. You’ll join a team that has already proven what others said wasn’t feasible and is now scaling and upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations. If you can feel the excitement running through your veins, apply to be one of the Bedo 100.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
Strong fundamentals in structural mechanics (stress, strain, stiffness, load paths, dynamics
Experience performing finite element analysis (FEA) on mechanical or aerospace systems including dynamics
Familiarity with structural analysis tools such as Nastran, Ansys, or equivalent (Nastran/Femap preferred)
Ability to apply first principles and evaluate whether analysis results are physically reasonable
Experience collaborating with hardware design teams to iterate on mechanical systems
Strong communication skills and ability to clearly explain engineering reasoning

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with bolted and bonded joints, kinematic interfaces and contact stress, rolling elements and mechanisms, opto-mechanical assemblies and composites structures

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain finite element models of spacecraft structures and subsystems
Perform structural analyses to evaluate strength, stiffness, and dynamic response under launch and on-orbit environments
Work closely with mechanical design, controls, systems and other engineers to iterate on hardware designs and to optimize integrated structural and payload optical performance such as wavefront error and pointing stability
Contribute to structural test planning including vibration and modal testing
Correlate analytical models with hardware test results to improve model fidelity
Help improve structural analysis workflows, tools, and modeling infrastructure