Structural Analyst

Be one of the Bedo 100

Albedo is making Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mainstream, building the infrastructure to usher every satellite mission set into this new orbital domain. We build buses, integrated satellites, and turnkey missions for customers to thrive in VLEO, between 250 km - 400 km, where proximity compounds performance and drag self-cleans debris.

As part of the first 100 employees at Albedo, you will have a big impact on Albedo’s trajectory to proliferating VLEO — whether you’re advancing hardware to increase satellite longevity, scaling production for large constellations, building next-gen flight and ground software to push performance, or enabling missions that matter for national security and our day-to-day life here on earth.

How We Operate: Albedo takes a first-principles approach — in space and in business. We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly. We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company. We work in-person at our Broomfield CO HQ to maximize team and company productivity. We work hard and with urgency to compound our first-mover advantage.

Who We're Looking For: Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks. Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture. Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one. You’ll join a team that has already proven what others said wasn’t feasible and is now scaling and upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations.

If you can feel the excitement running through your veins, apply to be one of the Bedo 100.

What You’ll Do

Develop and maintain finite element models of spacecraft structures and subsystems
Perform structural analyses to evaluate strength, stiffness, and dynamic response under launch and on-orbit environments
Work closely with mechanical design, controls, systems and other engineers to iterate on hardware designs and to optimize integrated structural and payload optical performance such as wavefront error and pointing stability
Contribute to structural test planning including vibration and modal testing
Correlate analytical models with hardware test results to improve model fidelity
Help improve structural analysis workflows, tools, and modeling infrastructure

Your Ideal Skills And Experience

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
Strong fundamentals in structural mechanics (stress, strain, stiffness, load paths, dynamics
Experience performing finite element analysis (FEA) on mechanical or aerospace systems including dynamics
Familiarity with structural analysis tools such as Nastran, Ansys, or equivalent (Nastran/Femap preferred)
Ability to apply first principles and evaluate whether analysis results are physically reasonable
Experience collaborating with hardware design teams to iterate on mechanical systems
Strong communication skills and ability to clearly explain engineering reasoning
Familiarity with bolted and bonded joints, kinematic interfaces and contact stress, rolling elements and mechanisms, opto-mechanical assemblies and composites structures

Salary Range

$85,000 - $95,000 per year

Compensation And Benefits For Full-Time Roles

Employee friendly equity compensation
4% direct matching 401k
Health Insurance: 100% employee coverage & 75% dependent coverage
Parental leave and childcare coverage
Flexible vacation and sick time from day one
12 company holidays
$100 monthly wellness benefit
Relocation package if not based in Denver

The final compensation package is subject to change if the candidate's experience and company need drive a different job level than originally slated for the position.

Albedo does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Albedo employees. Albedo is not responsible for any fees or overhead related to unsolicited resumes.

Additional Requirements: In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. All persons hired will be required to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Albedo is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Relocation: Relocation support for this position is available

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