Senior Structures Design Engineer- Lunar Permanence Verified today

Role Overview

You will join the Lunar Permanence business unit, developing Blue Moon landers and related products for sustainable lunar infrastructure. Working directly with NASA and National Team Partners on the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program, you will play a key role in the Lunar Transportation system that returns humans to the Moon and extends human presence permanently beyond Earth.

Responsibilities

• Design, analysis, development, and testing of primary and secondary structures, including composites and metallic piece parts, and integrated structural assemblies.
• Create 3D models, detail part drawings, assemblies, installations, and interface control documents.
• Provide manufacturing and production support for your hardware.
• Provide technical guidance for integration.
• Support configuration development and trade studies.
• Apply practical approaches to hardware fabrication and cost impacts.
• Create test plans, specifications, and documentation for flight hardware development.
• Work with vertically integrated teams on materials, manufacturing processes, and aerospace hardware production.
• Participate in subsystem test planning, execution, data reduction, and analysis.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct tests; review test data.
• Participate in development and purchase of new equipment and tooling.
• Maintain and report on activity schedule, budget, and technical status.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum B.S. degree in engineering.
• 7 or more years of experience with automotive, aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
• Experience on recently developed aircraft or launch vehicles in one or more of the following:
  • Structural design of metallic components and assemblies.
  • Vehicle load path distribution and first order strength assessment and sizing.
  • Material selection, compatibility, and manufacturing techniques.
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software.
• Familiarity with GD&T analysis (ASME Y14.5).

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to rapidly apply structural mechanics principles and development designs using hand calculations and finite element analysis.
• Understanding of material and design considerations in a cryogenic operating environment.
• Experience with full product lifecycle of design, test, and production.
• Experience with Creo (Pro/E) Wildfire 5 or greater, Windchill 10.
• Knowledge of design and fabrication considerations for composite structures.
• Familiarity with classical hand analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark's).
• Familiarity with analysis codes: Nastran, ANSYS, Optistruct, Abaqus, HyperMesh, Hypersizer.

Compensation

Base pay range for Washington applicants: $145,188.00 to $203,263.20. Other site ranges may differ.

Employment Requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background check required for all positions.