Staff Structural Analyst (Aerospace)

Location: San Jose, CA; hybrid schedule with on-site work required three days per week.

Salary: $212,000–$234,000 annually, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations for climate monitoring, national security, and Earth intelligence.

What you will do

• Own spacecraft structures across conceptual analysis, detailed finite element modeling, validation, testing, and post-test analysis.
• Perform linear and nonlinear static, modal, frequency, random response, dynamics, coupled loads, vibration, and shock analyses.
• Correlate analytical models with test data, identify root causes, define dynamic environments, and prepare test plans and reports.
• Define and lead mechanical and structural validation programs, including factors of safety, no-test margins, load tests, response predictions, and on-site testing.
• Develop engineering standards, analysis tools, quick concepts, and models that support rigorous mechanical design across the team.
• Guide risk-versus-cost decisions, make-versus-buy trades, supplier interactions, and scalable spacecraft constellation development.

Requirements

• 10+ years of spacecraft or aerospace structural analysis experience, or equivalent BS+10 / MS+8 background.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, preferably Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Extensive experience with detailed finite element analysis for aerospace systems using FEMAP, ANSYS, or similar tools.
• Experience designing and executing spacecraft structural tests and working as an individual-contributor structural analyst.
• Programming experience in one or more of Python, Matlab, Julia, C, C++, Fortran, or similar languages.
• Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible to access export-controlled information, or be eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required U.S. export authorization.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with force-limiting principles and opto-mechanical systems.
• Mechanical, spacecraft, or instrument design experience.
• Electronic instrumentation experience, including data acquisition and signal processing.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced early-stage startup environment with broad ownership and frequent new opportunities.
• Opportunities for direct management, tutoring, and mentoring as the team grows.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Full-time employees receive equity compensation.