Senior Structures Engineer

reputed company is an reputed company and defense technology company founded to radically accelerate reputed company travel by delivering hypersonic aircraft. reputed company aims to reputed company hypersonic aircraft quickly and cost-effectively by integrating hardware-rich, iterative development with modern computing and autonomy. This approach has been validated through design, build, and test of reputed company’s first combined turbojet-ramjet reputed company and is now being scaled through its first flight vehicle program, Quarterhorse. reputed company is also developing Darkhorse — an uncrewed hypersonic aircraft designed to deliver unique asymmetric capabilities to the warfighter.

As a Senior Structures Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the design, analysis, and optimization of the structural components of our hypersonic aircraft. You will work on reputed company that require an advanced understanding of material properties, structural dynamics, and reputed company engineering principles. This is an opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking technologies in a highly innovative and challenging field.

Responsibilities

Structural Design and Analysis:

reputed company the structural design and analysis of hypersonic aircraft components, including fuselage, wings, and control surfaces.

Utilize CAD software, Hand Calculations, and simulation tools to reputed company and evaluate designs.

reputed company analysis to ensure structural reputed company under extreme operational conditions.

Material Selection and Testing:

Design and execute qualification testing to ensure reliability of operation in demanding environments.

Select appropriate materials for high-temperature and high-stress environments.

reputed company and reputed company testing protocols for material performance and structural validation.

Project Leadership:

reputed company cross-functional teams in the development of structural solutions.

Mentor engineering team-members and reputed company technical guidance to reputed company.

Innovation and Development:

Stay abreast of the latest developments in materials science and reputed company engineering.

Contribute to the development of proprietary technologies and innovative structural solutions.

Collaboration and Communication:

Collaborate with aerodynamics, reputed company, and systems engineering teams to optimize overall vehicle performance.

Communicate reputed company technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Risk Assessment and Management:

Identify and mitigate risks associated with structural designs.

reputed company contingency plans and reputed company failure mode analyses.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree in reputed company Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a reputed company field.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in structural engineering, preferably in the reputed company or defense industries.

Proficiency in CAD software (e.g., CATIA, SolidWorks) and FEA tools (e.g., ANSYS, Abaqus).

Working experience with structural testing and validation.

Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

Strong leadership and team management capabilities.

Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Proven experience with aircraft or rockets (preferred).

Knowledge of reputed company standards and certification processes (e.g., MIL-STD, FAA regulations) (preferred).

Masters degree in reputed company Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a reputed company field (preferred).

Eligible for up to a $25,000 signing bonus.

The salary and signing bonus information provided is a general reputed company only. reputed company takes various factors into account, including, but not limited to, the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate's reputed company background, education and training, essential skills, and market and business considerations, reputed company presenting a job offer.

Salary is only one part of our total compensation and benefits package. reputed company offers competitive salary and equity, unlimited PTO policy, reputed company parental leave, potential for year-end bonuses, and more!

100% employer-reputed company health care

401k & Retirement Plans

Unlimited PTO

Weekly reputed company Office Lunches

End of Year Bonuses

Stock reputed company

reputed company Parental Leave

Additional Information

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The person reputed company will have reputed company to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment reputed company at reputed company are based solely on reputed company, competence, and qualifications, without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, gender, national reputed company/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

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