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Senior Structures Engineer

Los Angeles, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2025-12-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, build, and test next-generation aircraft aerostructures (fuselage, empennage, control surfaces, landing gear) for hypersonic flight systems.

Role type

Senior IC structures engineer (aerospace hardware)

Builds

Iterative airframes and flight hardware for defense aviation

Domain

Defense aviation / Hypersonic flight / Aerospace structures

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

structural analysis, CAD, GD&T, manufacturing processes (machining, welding, forming), DFM, test procedure development, project planning, hardware iteration

Preferred skills

flight hardware design/release, Siemens Teamcenter, NX, NX Nastran, Ansys, AWS D17.1, production line setup, mentorship

Technologies

NX, NX Nastran, Ansys, Siemens Teamcenter, AWS D17.1

Responsibilities

Lead detailed project planning and drive hardware delivery; Collaborate on high-level design concepts to create detailed designs and final geometry; Design and implement full-stack design-to-test processes; Perform analysis of build non-conformances; Drive transition from prototype to production; Perform detailed structural analysis and report margins; Develop and run test procedures for flight hardware

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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