Structures Design Engineer II - Lunar Permanence
About The Position
This individual will use their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to join our team and positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required. You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Transportation system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Requirements
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering.
- 3+ years of experience with automotive, aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
- Experience on recently developed aircraft or launch vehicles in one or more of the following areas: Structural design of metallic components and assemblies, Vehicle load path distribution, and first order strength assessment and sizing, Material selection, compatibility and manufacturing techniques
- Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software.
- Familiar with GD&T analysis (ASME Y14.5).
Nice To Haves
- Ability to rapidly apply structural mechanics principles and development designs using hand calculations and finite element analysis.
- Understanding of material and design considerations in a cryogenic operating environment.
- Experience with full product lifecycle of design, test, and production.
- Experience with Creo (Pro/E) Wildfire 5 or greater, Windchill 10.
- Knowledge of design and fabrication considerations for composite structures.
- Familiarity with classical hand analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark’s ect.)
- Familiarity with analysis codes: Nastran, ANSYS, Optistruct, Abaqus, HyperMesh, Hypersizer.
Responsibilities
- Design, analysis, development, and testing of primary and secondary structures, including composites and metallic piece parts, as well as integrated structural assemblies.
- Create 3D models, detail part drawings, assemblies, installations, and interface control documents
- Provide manufacturing and production support for your hardware
- Provide technical guidance for integration
- Support configuration development and trade studies
- Apply practical approaches to hardware fabrication and cost impacts
- Create test plans, specifications, and other documentation for the development of flight hardware
- Work with vertically-integrated teams that are responsible for materials, manufacturing processes, to produce world-class aerospace hardware
- Participate in subsystem test planning, execution, data reduction and analysis
- Plan, coordinate, conduct tests, and review test data
- Participate in the development and purchase of new equipment and tooling.
- Maintain and report on activity schedule, budget and technical status
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
