Manager, Structural Engineering - Stress Analysis (Aerospace)

Location: Waco, Texas, US; onsite. Willingness to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required; travel up to 7% may be required.

Company

hirify.global develops defense technology solutions connecting space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains for national security missions.

What you will do

• Lead the Stress Analysis Group of approximately 8–12 engineers responsible for analysis, modeling, and testing.
• Oversee technical work products, structural analysis reporting, work assignments, staffing, project status, bids, budgets, schedules, and manpower planning.
• Ensure compliance with airworthiness structural requirements, company processes, FAA requirements, and Military Airworthiness Requirements.
• Set annual goals, conduct performance reviews, and provide training, mentorship, and coaching.
• Support the Senior Manager of Flight Sciences Engineering and provide regular status updates for supported programs.
• Drive continuous improvement, ethical standards, and positive change across the group.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering plus 9 years of prior aircraft structural analysis experience; or a graduate degree plus 7 years of experience; or 13 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in aircraft stress analysis.
• Familiarity with FAA and Military Airworthiness Requirements.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.
• Ability to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required, and travel up to 7% as required.

Nice to have

• Active US Secret security clearance.
• Strong aircraft stress analysis background covering primary airframe and secondary structures.
• Mastery of classical aircraft engineering analysis methodology and finite-element modeling using course-mesh internal loads models and fine-mesh stress models.
• Familiarity with NASTRAN and either FEMAP or PATRAN.
• Experience in interdisciplinary engineering environments supporting design engineering and flight sciences disciplines, including fatigue and damage tolerance, loads and dynamics, aerodynamics, thermal and fluids analysis, and mass properties.
• Experience leading engineering groups, such as Stress Analysis Lead, Project Lead, or Project Engineering, and prior experience as a Stress Analysis Group Manager or Engineering Manager.
• Experience with composite-material stress analysis and structural testing.
• Experience in adjacent disciplines such as Fatigue and Damage Tolerance, External Loads Development, or Structural Dynamics.
• Analysis automation development using available software or programming languages such as VBA or Python.
• Familiarity with AI tools for engineering analysis or engineering management tasking.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite 9/80 schedule: 9 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off.
• Inclusive and engaging work environment focused on professional growth, community commitment, and excellence.
• $15,000 sign-on bonus.