Senior Spacecraft Structural Analysis Engineer II - TS/SCI ClearanceActive$132K

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine.

What you'll do

• Define, process, and interpret static and dynamic ground test & flight data,: including: sensor selection, data acquisition and validation, and environmental determination (random vibration, shock, quasi-static, acoustic, pressure, and thermal)

• Perform, validate, and document structural analyses of primary and secondary: vehicle structures, including: finite element model verification and validation, material selection, performance of trade-off studies, and mass optimization

• Perform structural and dynamic simulations, including: static, modal, random vibration, buckling, and thermoelastic

• Work closely with design and test engineers to iterate through design: concepts, determine test requirements, and demonstrate positive structural margins

• Define test requirements and directly support testing of vehicle subsystems and components

• Lead technical projects and programs, as required, both within analysis and across disciplines and teams

What they're looking for

• Help implement new theory and tools within the team and establish best: practices in areas of technical expertise
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• U.S. citizenship is required, due to program requirements