Sr Structural Analyst - New Glenn

About the role

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Responsibilities

• Take leadership of the full lifecycle of hardware from requirements definition through concept development, design, analysis, testing, qualification, and integration
• Analysis lead of primary and secondary metallic and composite unpressurized structures
• Complete hand calc and FEM analyses to report margins of safety for primary and secondary aerospace structures
• Document stress analysis to support release of engineering drawings / documents
• Perform research, develop concepts, and run trade studies providing technical guidance (risk vs. cost vs. performance)
• Build system and detail level models supporting structural design
• Prepare technical content and present to internal and external customers
• Collaborate with internal and external teams throughout design, manufacturing, and mission integration
• Improve enterprise analysis capabilities such as creating process automation tools for model creation, strength checks, and analysis report generation
• Coach, mentor and technically assist junior engineers and analysts

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering and 15+ years of experience with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures
• Experience on recently developed aircraft or launch vehicles in one or more of the following areas: Vehicle load path distribution, and first order strength assessment and sizing; Skin-stringer, orthogrid, isogrid, and composite sandwich panel design
• Experience working in a multi-functional organization to develop designs and produce world-class engineered products
• Strong understanding of composite and metallic design fundamentals
• Demonstrated expertise with any industry standard analysis codes: Ansys, Nastran, Optistruct, Hypermesh
• Experience in using and working on LS-Dyna
• Experience in bolted joint design and analysis
• Structural design experience using CAD (Creo/Windchill preferred) and FEA tools
• Ability to take ownership of the hardware lifecycle from requirements definition through concept development, design, analysis, testing, qualification, and integration onto a launch vehicle
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative attitude and effective interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn, take ownership, and drive projects to completion

Qualifications

• Dynamic separation systems and interface design
• Experience with rapid development techniques for hardware
• Experience with fabrication using automated fiber placement (AFP) and tape laying (ATL)
• Experience or expertise with fabrication of large-scale out-of-autoclave composite structures
• Demonstrated experience developing manufacturing processes for transition to production
• Knowledge of systems engineering practices, fabrication and integration processes, and quality control
• Experience with Optimization and Design of Experiments (DOE) methods as applied to design, analysis, and testing

Skills

• Passion for our mission and vision is required

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Schedule

Not specified