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Firefly Aerospace

Structures Engineer II

Firefly Aerospace, Cedar Park, Texas, United States, 78613

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Overview Pressurized Structures Responsible Engineer III

As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space. This position is located at our Cedar Park Headquarters, north of Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

Firefly engineers own and influence the entire hardware design cycle including conceptual design, structural layout, sizing analysis, hardware production, and structural testing

Design and development of composite and metallic pressurized structures for orbital launch applications and spacecraft

Mass optimization of existing designs and requalifying designs

Supporting products from conceptual creation, design release, analysis, prototype, qual and production

Support configuration development and trade studies

Maintain requirements, activity schedule, budget, and status

Create CAD, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other documentation

Perform first order strength and sizing calculations for your structure

Qualifications Required

B.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering

3+ years of progressive experience in a structural system design-related role

Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software (Siemens NX / FiberSim preferable)

Ability to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide technical guidance and insight

Experience with industry FEA/FEM tools like Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, Simcenter, etc.

A passion for the structures!

Desired

5+ years of progressive experience in a structural system design-related role

Working knowledge of composite manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, and characterization

Demonstrated experience with composite structures and manufacturing techniques

Experience taking hardware from analysis, through test, and back through analysis validation

Familiarity with aerospace standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc)

Bonus Points

Experience with Pressurant or Propellant tanks

Experience with filament wound and/or AFP structures

You read about tanks in your spare time – pressurized hardware is what rocks your socks!

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