Structures Engineer Jr (Launch Vehicles) Seen this week
About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company developing launch, landing, and space systems. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, we are the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first to achieve a successful Moon landing.
The Role
Join the Primary Structures Team as an entry-level Structures Responsible Engineer for Launch Vehicles. You will develop state-of-the-art pressurized structures throughout the product life cycle, taking ownership of conceptual design through production and testing. You will collaborate across a skilled, dynamic team on all aspects of analysis, design, fabrication, and testing.
Responsibilities
- Formulate the comprehensive roadmap for your hardware, owning conceptual design, structural layout, sizing analysis, hardware production, and structural testing
- Design and develop large composite pressurized structures
- Optimize mass and requalify existing designs
- Support products from conceptual creation, design release, analysis, prototype, qualification, and production
- Support configuration development and trade studies
- Maintain requirements, activity schedule, budget, and status
- Create CAD, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and documentation
- Perform first-order strength and sizing calculations
Required Qualifications
- B.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering
- Internship(s) in a structural system design-related role
- Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software, preferably Siemens NX or FiberSim
- Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools such as Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, or Simcenter
- Ability to effectively work in multi-discipline teams and provide technical guidance
Desired Qualifications
- Experience taking hardware from analysis through test and back through analysis validation
- Familiarity with aerospace standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc.)
- Working knowledge of composite manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, and characterization
- Demonstrated experience with composite structures and manufacturing techniques
- Experience with pressurized tanks, propellant tanks, filament-wound structures, or AFP structures