Loads and Dynamics Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States; on-site

Salary: $91,800–$140,250 per year

Company

Venture-backed defense aviation company developing supersonic and hypersonic aircraft through rapid iterative hardware prototyping.

What you will do

• Solve structural static and dynamic problems using hand calculations, finite element analysis, and test data.
• Define external loads from flight maneuvers, gusts, takeoff, and landing for structural design and analysis.
• Generate vehicle finite element models for static and dynamic load cases.
• Characterize aeroelastic effects, including flutter.
• Define random vibration environments caused by buffet and engine dynamics.
• Collaborate with aerodynamics and structures teams and validate analyses through testing and flight.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 1+ years of job or project experience in loads and dynamics analysis, ideally in aerospace or a similar high-performance engineering field.
• Strong understanding of engineering first principles, flight mechanics, aerodynamics, and structural analysis.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Must be a U.S. person under U.S. export control regulations or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.
• Ability to travel on short notice.

Nice to have

• Experience with NASTRAN or similar finite element analysis software.
• Experience with CFD and multidisciplinary optimization tools.
• Analytical programming and data processing experience, preferably with Python.
• Experience with supersonic or hypersonic flight, high-temperature materials, shock-wave dynamics, and thermal loads.
• Experience with structural dynamics, vibration analysis, and high-speed aerospace vehicles.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, interdisciplinary environment with a proactive and hands-on approach to problem-solving.
• Competitive pay, equity, and potential year-end bonuses.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare and pet insurance.
• Stock options and a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid parental leave, federal holidays, and PTO policies.
• Weekly paid office lunches and stocked breakrooms.