# Senior Structural Analysis Engineer at Space Kinetic Corp.

- Company: Space Kinetic Corp.
- What the company does: Building resilient in-space supply lines. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://spacekinetic.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: El Segundo, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/spacekinetic/jobs/5393428008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/space-kinetic-corp-senior-structural-analysis-engineer/

## About the role

We are seeking a Senior Structural Analysis Engineer with 5+ years of experience to perform structural analysis across spacecraft, payload, and deployment-system hardware.

## What they're looking for

- Conduct and document static, thermo-mechanical, dynamic, vibration, buckling, fatigue, and fracture analyses using finite element analysis and first-principles methods
- Develop structural models to predict stress, deformation, dynamic response, failure modes, and margins of safety
- Define load cases and operating environments for spacecraft and flight hardware
- Perform hand calculations and analytical modeling to validate results and guide design decisions
- Collaborate with design, manufacturing, systems, and test engineers to develop lightweight, reliable, and manufacturable hardware
- Support structural test planning, instrumentation, execution, data processing, and correlation of models to test results

Tags: Engineering