Stratolaunch
- Robot type
- Robotics
- Location
- MojaveCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Salary
- $102,000–$172,000 a year
Structural Analyst
Job description
Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Our autonomous, air-launched Talon-A vehicles provide access to operationally realistic flight environments at speeds exceeding Mach 5, delivering critical data that helps customers validate system performance and advance technologies toward deployment. Our team brings together expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to solve complex challenges and advance capabilities essential to national security.
To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr- or Staff-level Structural Analyst to support design, analysis,…
Job responsibilities
- Participate in portions of the structural development of hypersonic vehicles and launch systems
- Generate and maintain finite element method (FEM) models - including meshing, materials & properties assignment, grouping, etc.
- Generate and/or expand upon FEMAP interfacing and data reduction scripts and programs
- Apply vehicle loads and environments to FEM
- Perform modal and linear finite element analysis (FEA), as required, to evaluate vehicle loads and environments
- Perform structural trade studies to develop and/or improve airframe load paths
- Assess and confirm FEA results with hand calculations as appropriate
- Interpret results and make design modifications to meet program requirements
Job requirements
- Strong fundamental structures background, including load paths and the ability to hand size structural components
- Perform structural hand calculations
- Experience designing and analyzing either composite or metallic structures
- Experience with FEM generation
- Experience with FEA and FEA post-processing
- Experience generating pre- and post-processing scripts
- Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
- Ability to take direction, work relatively independently, and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
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