Stress Analyst performing stress analysis for defense systems.
Compensation
Pay Range $57,850.00 - $104,575.00
Responsibilities
Apply analytical methods, finite element models, simulations, and other engineering tools to develop models, perform structural and dynamic analyses, conduct calculations, reduce test data, and correlate results.
Partner closely with design and manufacturing teams to deliver high-performance structures that meet demanding requirements for performance, manufacturability, and schedule.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET-accredited university
Nice to have: Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering
hands-on technical leadership position supporting the Weather portfolio’s aerospace integration and test activities
Compensation
Sign-On Bonus: A sign-on bonus of up to $50K may be included as part of an offer package for this level
Responsibilities
Drive compliance with safety, quality, test, program, and configuration-management requirements.
Serve as a subject matter expert for integration and test activities involving components, submodules, modules, instruments, payloads, and space-vehicle hardware.
Lead large, complex test initiatives and coordinate execution across engineering, technicians, manufacturing, chamber operations, program teams, customers, suppliers, and support organizations.
Develop test strategies, plans, procedures, verification approaches, resource plans, readiness criteria, and technical briefings.
Provide technical direction during test setup, hardware integration, procedure execution, data collection, data review, requirements verification, and test reporting.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Nice to have: Experience supporting integration and test of space-qualified weather instruments, payloads, flight hardware, or space-vehicle hardware.
Prepare, execute, and manage environmental tests on electronic flight hardware across the VBAT and XBAT aircraft, ensuring performance requirements through rigorous thermal, vibration, shock, humidity, and altitude testing.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Operate and continuously improve a world-class environmental test lab for electronics
Develop and implement lab procedures for use of environmental test equipment
Perform reliability tests on electronic products
Develop lab best-practices, including automation of data acquisition
Manage procurement and maintenance of lab consumables
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Reliability Engineering
Nice to have: 5+ years of experience in a reliability testing role
Serve as the propulsion SME for the V-BAT Fleet Support team, acting as the customer-facing engineering lead for escalated propulsion issues and driving root cause analysis for fleet reliability.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Serve as the propulsion SME for Fleet Support and the primary engineering point of contact for propulsion-related escalations.
Diagnose and resolve engine performance issues, including hard starts, unstable operation, power loss, thermal excursions, endurance degradation, and intermittent behavior.
Troubleshoot engine mechanical and hardware issues, including vibration, wear, leaks, mounting or interface issues, actuator concerns, and component failures.
Investigate fuel and oil system issues, including pressure, flow, filtration, contamination, venting, priming, lubrication, and thermal-management problems.
Analyze flight data, maintenance records, teardown findings, and field reports to identify failure modes and define corrective actions.
Nice to have: Experience leading large, complex test campaigns involving multidisciplinary engineering teams, technicians, program organizations, customers, and external suppliers.
Nice to have: Expertise in test planning, test-procedure development and execution, readiness reviews, requirements verification, data analysis, and test reporting.
Nice to have: Experience leading troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and anomaly resolution for complex electrical, mechanical, software, or system-level issues.