Staff Structural Engineer, Payloads
Core
Design and validate structural systems for autonomous attack rotorcraft (Thunder) to ensure they meet performance, safety, and regulatory requirements in contested environments.
Role type
Staff Structural Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)
Builds
Autonomous attack rotorcraft airframes and mission systems
Domain
Defense, Aerospace, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, structural testing (static, buckling, cyclic), FEA (ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN), CAD (NX, Solidworks), scripting (Matlab, Python)
Preferred skills
High cycle fatigue analysis, turbomachinery experience, workflow automation development
Technologies
ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, NX, Solidworks, Matlab, Python
Responsibilities
Perform static and dynamic structural analyses of composites and metallics; Develop and own FEM creation and organization; Collaborate with hardware engineers to drive designs based on analytical results; Conduct and support validation testing including instrumentation and load requirements; Participate in flight testing including setting Do No Exceed values and monitoring loads
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership
