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Stoke Space · 3 days ago

Structures - Senior Design Engineer

Kent, Washington, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$168K/yr - $312K/yr

8+ years exp

Stoke Space Technologies is focused on building a sustainable and equitable future through innovative space transportation solutions. As a Senior Structures Design Engineer, you will provide technical leadership in designing various structures for their reusable launch vehicle, Nova, while collaborating across disciplines and mentoring junior team members.

AerospaceProduct DesignSpace Travel

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Define the structural design of the rocket in coordination with owners of other portions of the vehicle

Analyze structural components of the rocket and write margin summaries. You will have to help build and define load cases

Procure and manage all hardware for components and structures that you own

Work side-by-side with manufacturing & test engineers to get your hardware built, tested and integrated onto the vehicle

Help build design tools and guidelines that will accelerate development of structural components

Track and disposition non-conformances for structural hardware

Manage the budget and schedule for the structural components that you own

Qualification

Aerospace primary structuresCAD software (NX preferred)Analysis software (ANSYS preferred)Launch vehicle designTechnical mentoringBachelor’s degree in engineeringCommunication

Required

8 years minimum experience in working in aerospace primary structures

Designed, built and tested structures that have flown

Exceptional command of fundamentals

Ability to determine appropriate level of work for a problem (from hand calcs to multi-physics finite element solutions) and execute the work accordingly

Experience with technical mentoring of junior engineers

Excellent written and verbal communication

Bachelor's degree in engineering