Structures Architect — Conceptual Design (eVTOL)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Base pay: $152,800–$227,600 per year

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace company designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for sustainable air mobility.

What you will do

• Develop conceptual airframe architectures and parametric structural models for the fuselage, wing, tail, nacelles, rotor or proprotor pylons, and landing gear attachments.
• Size major structural components using classical analytical methods, cross-sectional analysis, and conceptual finite element modeling.
• Predict conceptual-level aeroelastic behavior, including flutter, whirl-flutter margins, and structural modal characteristics.
• Coordinate with vehicle, powertrain, and aerodynamic architects to define loads, outer mold lines, sizing cases, and aircraft packaging.
• Evaluate structural layouts and material choices for weight, manufacturability, cost, and schedule.
• Generate structural weight estimates and track weight margins through the concept phase.

Requirements

• Background in aircraft structural design at the conceptual or preliminary design level; rotorcraft, tiltrotor, or eVTOL experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong experience with aeroelastic analysis, including flutter and whirl-flutter prediction, and structural modal analysis.
• Experience with structural sizing, beam and panel analysis, weight-estimation relationships, and conceptual or preliminary aeroelastic tools.
• Working knowledge of composite and metallic airframe construction and their trade-offs.
• Strong Python programming skills for structural sizing and analysis automation.
• Experience with parametric aircraft geometry, systems integration, packaging constraints, and certification-driven civil aircraft structural requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with the sectionproperties Python library or similar cross-sectional analysis tools.
• Experience with ASWING, NeoCASS, OpenAeroStruct, pyNastran, SUAVE, or similar tools.
• Experience with crashworthiness, redundancy, and occupant-protection requirements for civil aircraft.

Culture & Benefits

• Pay-for-performance culture with compensation based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Commitment to an equitable, inclusive, and diverse workplace.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and hiring process.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.