Senior Engineer, Structural Analysis (R5173) (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in San Diego, California, or Dallas, Texas, United States

Salary: $113,948–$170,922 per year, plus bonus, benefits, and equity for regular employees

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing intelligent systems, including autonomy software, UAV aircraft, and simulation technologies.

What you will do

• Build and refine finite element models to evaluate UAV components and airframe structures.
• Perform static, modal, fatigue, and vibration analyses covering stress, deformation, and durability.
• Validate FEA results with hand calculations and analyze flight telemetry and structural test data.
• Collaborate with mechanical, systems, propulsion, aerospace, and design engineers to optimize structures for weight, strength, safety, and manufacturability.
• Support structural validation test plans, including quasi-static, vibration, and shock testing.
• Define load cases, material properties, design margins, analysis methods, and technical recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in structural analysis, finite element modeling, or aircraft loads analysis.
• Experience with FEA tools such as ANSYS, NASTRAN, HyperWorks, or similar.
• Strong hand-calculation skills for structural strength, stability, and fatigue analysis.
• Knowledge of composite materials, lightweight aerospace structures, and mechanical testing methods.
• Proficiency with Excel, MATLAB, Python, or similar data analysis tools; ability to obtain a S//SAR-level security clearance is desired.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Experience with aircraft structural design, UAV airframe development, aerospace testing, modal analysis, or composite modeling.
• Exposure to NX, SolidWorks, Teamcenter, or similar CAD and PLM tools.
• Understanding of aerospace standards, structural certification, and material selection.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time regular employees receive benefits, bonus eligibility, and equity.
• Work in a fast-paced, high-tech aerospace environment.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Offers are contingent on a cleared background and may include a reference check.