Senior Structural Analyst (Aerospace)

Location: Redondo Beach, United States; onsite. Applicants must be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain an export license under applicable U.S. export regulations.

Salary: $140,000–$205,000 per year. Full-time hires may also be eligible for stock options, medical, vision and dental coverage, and a 401(k) retirement plan.

Company

hirify.global Space develops in-space transportation vehicles and spacecraft for orbital transport, constellation deployment, precision reentry, and missions beyond Low Earth Orbit.

What you will do

• Own global vehicle finite element models, define model requirements and fidelity, manage load cases, and maintain model accuracy throughout vehicle life cycles.
• Align vehicle models for static structural and dynamic coupled-loads analysis.
• Perform hand calculations, rapid analytical assessments, and high-fidelity finite element analyses for static, dynamic, and environmental loads affecting strength, stiffness, stability, and fatigue.
• Generate margins for metallic and composite structures, including bolted and bonded joints and interfaces.
• Define launch-load derivation, test-load, qualification, acceptance-testing, and structural-verification plans.
• Correlate FEM models with test and flight data and lead root-cause investigations into failures, test anomalies, correlation gaps, and hardware nonconformances.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in structural analysis, stress analysis, structural dynamics, aerospace structures, spacecraft hardware, launch vehicle hardware, mechanical systems, or a related field.
• Strong fundamentals in solid mechanics, strength of materials, structural dynamics, vibration, fatigue, bolted joints, load paths, stiffness, and stability.
• Experience building and running finite element models for complex mechanical or aerospace hardware using NASTRAN, FEMAP, or similar tools.
• Proficiency with CAD tools such as NX or similar.
• Experience analyzing static loads, modal response, random vibration, acoustic environments, fatigue, thermal stress, or coupled structural loads.
• Experience calculating margins for metallic and composite structures.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, or VBA for analysis and automation.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or a related field.
• Experience with spacecraft or launch vehicle hardware.
• Experience defining loads, requirements, and verification approaches across the design lifecycle.
• Experience leading or supporting vibration testing and structural qualification campaigns.
• Experience performing trade studies for system and component architecture.
• Strong communication skills for presenting technical insights clearly.
• Experience with vibro-acoustic analysis or testing, generating unit-level vibration specifications, and correlating FEM models with test or flight data.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work within the Vehicle Engineering department.
• Fast-paced spacecraft development environment focused on reusable analysis methods, scalable infrastructure, and technically rigorous decision-making.
• Stock options may be available for full-time hires.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Hiring process

• Application submission and resume review.
• Introductory phone interview followed by technical phone interviews.
• Onsite interview and offer stage.