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Outpost · 3 weeks ago

Senior Multi-Physics Analyst (Structural / Thermal)

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $180K/yr

8+ years exp

Outpost is pioneering Earth return logistics for space, building vehicles that can return payloads from orbit safely and precisely. The Senior Multi-Physics Analyst will own structural and thermal analysis across flight hardware, ensuring it is analytically sound and flight-worthy while collaborating with various engineering teams.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceLogisticsManufacturing

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Own structural analysis of primary and secondary spacecraft structures, including but not limited to:

Modal analysis

Random vibration

Static and quasi-static loading

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) and thermo-elastic loading

Perform analysis on a wide range of hardware, including:

Flight structures and mechanisms

Avionics enclosures

PCB and electronics assemblies

Lead or support thermal analysis to evaluate operating margins, gradients, and coupled structural-thermal effects

Serve as a technical authority for hardware disposition:

Assess flight and test hardware prior to production

Support nonconformance (NCR) resolution and root-cause analysis

Provide clear, defensible recommendations for accept-as-is, repair, or rework decisions

Partner closely with design and test teams to translate requirements into analysis models and to correlate analysis with test results

Contribute to analysis methodologies, best practices, and documentation that scale with the program

Qualification

ANSYS FEM softwareStructural analysisThermal analysisAerospace components experienceMaterial behavior understandingCross-functional communicationProblem-solving skillsIndependent work