Structural Analysis Engineer, Space

Top Secret Space Structural Analyst

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain.

What You'll Do

• Support new space hardware programs from concept through launch as a dedicated structural analyst.
• Quantify and document load cases and environments.
• Perform stress analysis to determine the strength, life, and safety margins using first order methods and more advanced analytical methods.
• Use first principles as a basis for every decision. Discern the right level of analysis to apply.
• Execute hand calculations, spreadsheet, and MATLAB / Python first-order models to inform path forward before jumping into detailed analysis.
• Develop appropriate computational models and simulations to predict dynamic environments, stress distribution, deformation, fracture, and fatigue life as needed to meet design schedules.
• Collaborate with other hardware engineering disciplines and guide design decisions based on analysis results.
• Prepare technical reports and present findings to internal teams, management, and external customers.
• Support the design, instrumentation selection, execution, and data processing of tests to validate models and predictions, including static, dynamic, shock, and fatigue tests. Lead trade studies and mass optimization efforts to improve designs. Correlate model to the test data.
• Stay current with advancements in stress analysis techniques, materials technology, and industry standards.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external customer requirements, regulations, and safety standards throughout the design and analysis process.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

US Salary Range $129,000 - $171,000 USD The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and / or training, critical skills, and / or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including :