Design & Analysis Engineer (Aerospace Composites)

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands; Galway, Ireland; or Rome, Italy. The role involves travel for work and is based at one of the listed client locations.

Company

hirify.global develops engineering solutions through multidisciplinary teams, including CompositesLab, which specialises in CFRP lattice and grid-stiffened structures for space applications.

What you will do

• Perform top-level design and systems engineering for composite technologies and space products.
• Create CAD models and designs, and set up finite element models, analyses, and optimisation studies.
• Develop and improve design, analysis, optimisation, and testing procedures for large spacecraft components.
• Support design for manufacturing, component manufacturing, and component testing activities.
• Prepare technical reports, documentation, business proposals, and supply-chain quality activities.
• Organise research activities and interface with customers during projects and business development.

Requirements

• MSc degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering and at least five years of relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of fibre-reinforced composite materials and structures, design methods, and analytical and numerical optimisation.
• Experience with finite element model setup and analysis, preferably for composites, including dynamic analysis with sine and random vibration.
• Experience with commercial FE tools, preferably FEMAP with NX/MSC Nastran, and CAD software, preferably CATIA V5.
• Basic programming skills, preferably in Python, with awareness of composite manufacturing methods and their limitations.
• Fluent English is required; willingness to travel and pass a general security screening are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with metal manufacturing processes.
• Experience working with ECSS standards and requirements.
• Additional language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a multidisciplinary, international engineering team based across the Netherlands, Ireland, and Italy.
• Contribute to space applications including launcher structures, satellite structures, and multi-payload adapters.
• Employment is provided by hirify.global or one of its subsidiaries.
• ATG is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

Hiring process

• Further information about the selected location is provided during the interview process.
• Successful candidates undergo a general security screening by an external provider.
• Applications must be submitted in English.