Reusable Satellites. Backed by Y Combinator and Antler.
About the role
As a Thermal Structures Engineer, you will play a critical role in supporting the Lead Structures Engineer to ensure the ENOS spacecraft’s structural integrity and thermal resilience from design through flight. Your focus will be on stress analysis, structural verification and validation (V&V), and the design of fixturing and test systems for both qualification and acceptance testing.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
- 1+ years of experience in structural analysis, verification, and testing for aerospace or similarly demanding applications
- Proficiency with FEA tools (ANSYS, NASTRAN, Abaqus, or similar) and 3D CAD software (NX, SolidWorks, or equivalent)
- Hands-on experience designing and building test fixtures and support equipment for structural and thermal testing
- Strong understanding of metallic and composite materials, joining methods, and spaceflight hardware test requirements
- Experience with designing for reusability (design-life, thermal fatigue, and load cycles)
More about this role
As a Thermal Structures Engineer, you will play a critical role in supporting the Lead Structures Engineer to ensure the ENOS spacecraft’s structural integrity and thermal resilience from design through flight. Your focus will be on stress analysis, structural verification and validation (V&V), and the design of fixturing and test systems for both qualification and acceptance testing. This is a hands-on, multidisciplinary position requiring close collaboration with design, manufacturing, and test teams to deliver robust, flight-ready hardware.
- Perform detailed stress analysis of spacecraft structures and components using both finite element analysis (FEA) tools (e.g., ANSYS, NASTRAN) and classical hand calculations to ensure compliance with strength and stiffness requirements under static, dynamic, and thermal loads.
- Support structural verification and validation activities, including the development and execution of test plans for static, dynamic, vibration, and thermal environments in accordance with industry and NASA standards.
- Design, develop, and document test fixtures and support equipment to enable accurate, flight-like structural and thermal testing of spacecraft...
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