Structural Analysis Engineer

About the role

As a Structural Analysis Engineer, you will own the structural analysis of our launch vehicle, from early-stage sizing to the loads, stress and margin reports that clear hardware for test and flight. You will work closely with the design, propulsion, avionics, manufacturing and test teams to make sure the vehicle is as light as possible while meeting its strength, stiffness and stability requirements..

What you'll do

• Perform linear and non-linear static, buckling, modal, harmonic, random vibration, shock and transient analyses of launch vehicle structures such as tanks, interstages
• Develop and maintain finite element models of the vehicle and its subsystems, and carry out mesh-convergence and model-checking exercises
• Support coupled loads analysis (CLA) and flight-loads assessments, including lift-off, transonic, max-Q, stage separation and fairing separation load cases
• Calculate stresses, factors of safety and margins of safety for metallic and composite structures, joints, fasteners, bonded interfaces and welds
• Carry out thermo-structural and pressure-stabilised structure analyses for cryogenic and ambient-temperature propellant tanks

What you need

• Structural design
• Python
• ANSYS
• MATLAB
• Technical writing