# Structures Design Engineer at Orbital Operations

- Company: Orbital Operations
- What the company does: Made to move. Designed to defend. Astraeus maneuvers at mission speed, delivering intercept, defense, and repositioning capabilities without delay. Defense ready. Unmatched delta-V. Contact Us... Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.orbitalops.tech/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orbitaloperations/jobs/4372682009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/orbital-operations-structures-design-engineer/

## About the role

As a Structures Design Engineer on this space vehicle program, you’ll play a key technical role and contribute to shaping engineering standards for pressurized structures, thrust frames, and integrated fluid systems. You’ll serve as the Responsible Engineer for major vehicle subsystems—owning the hardware from initial requirements through design, development, analysis, fabrication, testing, vehicle integration, and ultimately flight.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years minimum experience in working in aerospace structures or fluids
- Designed, built and tested hardware
- Demonstrated proficiency with CAD software and analysis software (ANSYS preferred), should be able to talk to multiple examples of both
- Ability to determine appropriate level of work for a problem (from hand calcs to multi-physics finite element solutions) and execute the work accordingly
- Familiarity with launch vehicle design desired (cryogenic propellant familiarity preferred)
- Excellent written and verbal communication

Tags: Vehicle Engineering