Structural Stress Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid/on-site in Ottawa, Montreal, or Toronto, Canada

Company

hirify.global develops defence systems and autonomous collaborative platforms for the Canadian Armed Forces and its allies.

What you will do

• Lead assigned major structures from conceptual design through final sizing, including structural architectures, interfaces, and systems integration.
• Perform sizing across configurations and trade studies for primary and secondary metallic and composite structures.
• Build stress-analysis tools, methodologies, calculation standards, and workflows for the structures and systems teams.
• Run and contribute to design reviews while improving design processes and engineering methodologies.
• Collaborate with Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Avionics, Systems Engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers to ensure feasible, manufacturable, and compliant designs.
• Represent structural stress engineering in program reviews, customer interactions, and supplier engagements.

Requirements

• 10+ years of aerospace structural stress experience at an OEM or equivalent.
• Experience with Part 23, Part 25, or Part 27 certification programs.
• Daily experience with simulation tools such as ANSYS, NASTRAN, or Altair.
• Proficiency in CAD tools such as CATIA V5, 3DEXPERIENCE, or NX.
• Strong knowledge of metallic and composite materials, design-for-manufacturing trade-offs, and engineering tool development using Python or similar coding skills.
• Ability to establish processes and standards in an emerging design organization.

Nice to have

• Experience in an aerospace startup or advanced air mobility program.
• Published technical work or patents in structural or aerospace design.
• Knowledge of FAA, TCCA, EASA, or defence regulations beyond the primary certification basis.
• Component-to-full-scale structural test support, flight-test or hardware-integration experience, and manufacturing, in-service, or flight-support experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on real defence capability for the Canadian Armed Forces and allied operators.
• High-trust environment with short feedback loops, rapid iteration, and direct access to leadership.
• Opportunity to influence standards and design decisions from the early platform-development stage.
• Competitive base salary and company equity.
• Comprehensive health benefits and additional equity based on impact; equity is available to full-time employees.

Hiring process

• AI tools may support screening and response review.
• Final hiring decisions are made by people in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy and employment laws.