Senior Staff Thermal Analyst (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Develop structural analysis methodologies, verification strategies, and engineering solutions across multiple products and programs.
• Lead finite element, nonlinear, stress, fatigue, fracture, buckling, vibration, and margin-of-safety analyses.
• Perform thermal analyses covering heat transfer, temperature distributions, thermal loads, and thermal-structural interactions.
• Lead structural verification, qualification, validation, testing, and thermal model correlation with test data.
• Guide root-cause investigations, engineering changes, corrective actions, design reviews, supplier evaluations, and manufacturing improvements.
• Serve as a primary technical resource, mentor engineers, and advance analysis standards, methodologies, and analytical technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, civil, or related engineering with 12–15 years of related experience; or a master’s degree with 8–12 years; or a PhD with 5–8 years in structural analysis, stress analysis, FEA, aerospace structures, or a related discipline.
• Applied knowledge of thermal analysis, heat transfer, thermal modeling, temperature distributions, and thermal-structural interactions.
• In-depth knowledge of structural mechanics, stress analysis, mechanics of materials, FEA, and advanced structural verification.
• Extensive experience with static, dynamic, vibration, fatigue, fracture, buckling, nonlinear, and thermal stress analyses across multiple programs.
• Understanding of material behavior, fracture mechanics, failure theories, margin-of-safety calculations, GD&T, manufacturing processes, and structural qualification requirements.
• Ability to develop innovative solutions for highly complex engineering challenges, guide technical decisions, mentor engineers, and advance analysis methodologies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Experience with FEA, structural analysis, CAD, and engineering software such as ANSYS, Abaqus, Nastran, HyperMesh, Creo, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with engineering documentation, PLM, ERP, and collaboration tools such as Windchill, SAP, Jira, or equivalent applications.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site work in a dynamic and cross-functional engineering environment.
• Hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations.
• Cross-functional collaboration throughout the product development lifecycle.
• hirify.global does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms; unsolicited submissions may be considered company property without referral-fee obligations.