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Structures Engineer III
Accepting applicationsFirefly Aerospace · Cedar Park, TX
Full-Time Entry aiaterfsoc
Posted
6d ago
Category
Test
Experience
Entry
Country
United States
About Firefly Aerospace
As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space. This position is located at our Cedar Park Headquarters, north of Austin, TX.
Summary
Firefly is looking for talented Mechanical or Aerospace Engineers to join our Primary Structures Team. As a Structures Responsible Engineer for Primary Structures, you will develop our state-of-the-art pressurized structures throughout the product life cycle for Launch Vehicles. You will be part of a highly skilled, dynamic team that will involve you in all aspects of analysis, design, fabrication, and testing. Excellent collaboration and communication skills, along with a can-do attitude are critical.
Responsibilities
Formulate the comprehensive cradle to grave Road Map for your hardware - owning conceptual design, structural layout, sizing analysis, hardware production, and structural testing
Design and development of composite pressurized structures
Mass optimization of existing designs and requalifying designs
Supporting products from conceptual creation, design release, analysis, prototype, qual and production
Support configuration development and trade studies
Maintain requirements, activity schedule, budget, and status
Create CAD, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other documentation
Perform first order strength and sizing calculations for your structure
Qualifications
Required
B.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering
5+ years of progressive experience in a structural system design-related role
Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software (Siemens NX / FiberSim preferable).
Ability to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide technical guidance and insight.
Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools like Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, Simcenter, etc.
A passion for the structures!
Desired
Working knowledge of composite manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, and characterization
Demonstrated experience with composite structures and manufacturing techniques
Experience taking hardware from analysis, through test, and back through analysis validation
Familiarity with aerospace standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc)
Bonus Points
Experience with Pressurant or Propellant tanks
Experience with filament wound and/or AFP structures
You read about tanks in your spare time – pressurized hardware is what rocks your socks!
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As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space. This position is located at our Cedar Park Headquarters, north of Austin, TX.
Summary
Firefly is looking for talented Mechanical or Aerospace Engineers to join our Primary Structures Team. As a Structures Responsible Engineer for Primary Structures, you will develop our state-of-the-art pressurized structures throughout the product life cycle for Launch Vehicles. You will be part of a highly skilled, dynamic team that will involve you in all aspects of analysis, design, fabrication, and testing. Excellent collaboration and communication skills, along with a can-do attitude are critical.
Responsibilities
Formulate the comprehensive cradle to grave Road Map for your hardware - owning conceptual design, structural layout, sizing analysis, hardware production, and structural testing
Design and development of composite pressurized structures
Mass optimization of existing designs and requalifying designs
Supporting products from conceptual creation, design release, analysis, prototype, qual and production
Support configuration development and trade studies
Maintain requirements, activity schedule, budget, and status
Create CAD, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other documentation
Perform first order strength and sizing calculations for your structure
Qualifications
Required
B.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering
5+ years of progressive experience in a structural system design-related role
Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software (Siemens NX / FiberSim preferable).
Ability to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide technical guidance and insight.
Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools like Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, Simcenter, etc.
A passion for the structures!
Desired
Working knowledge of composite manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, and characterization
Demonstrated experience with composite structures and manufacturing techniques
Experience taking hardware from analysis, through test, and back through analysis validation
Familiarity with aerospace standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc)
Bonus Points
Experience with Pressurant or Propellant tanks
Experience with filament wound and/or AFP structures
You read about tanks in your spare time – pressurized hardware is what rocks your socks!
Show more Show less