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Rocket Lab Corporation

Builds rockets, satellites and space components

Senior Structural Analyst 1

Materials & StructuresConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLong Beach, CA, USA$115.2k - $172.8kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 5 years of experience performing thermal, structural, and vibration analysis for aerospace hardware.
  • Mastery of thermal, structural, vibration, and life-assessment analysis best practices.
  • Mastery of ductile and brittle material failure theories.
  • Prior experience instrumenting hardware using strain gauges, thermocouples, and accelerometers to anchor finite element method results.
  • Proficiency in finite element analysis using commercially available software packages.
  • Proficiency in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, MATLAB, Visual Basic for Applications, and C++.
  • For candidates seeking to work in U.S. offices: must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State and/or Department of Commerce authorizations.
  • For candidates seeking to work in New Zealand offices: must be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations; eligibility depends on nationality and dual-citizenship restrictions.

Responsibilities

  • Create analytical models of systems, subassemblies, and individual parts.
  • Perform multiphysics structural, thermal, vibration, fatigue, and fracture analyses.
  • Collaborate with the design team to finalize hardware designs that meet vehicle requirements.
  • Generate and maintain clear documentation of analyses, including inputs, methods, and results, to support communication during hardware reviews and qualification.
  • Support stage, engine, and subsystem testing through data review and provide recommendations based on data and analysis.
  • Develop standard practices for structural analysis and common hand calculations to expedite hardware development.
  • Provide continued direction to the engineering team on the highest-value analysis and results-deliverable schedule as the program evolves.

Desired Qualifications

  • A graduate degree and at least 3 years of experience.
  • Proficiency using ANSYS Workbench and NASGRO.
  • Familiarity with liquid engine qualification and certification using NASA standards 5012 and 5019.
  • Prior experience analyzing rocket engine combustion devices and turbopump components.
  • Experience supporting failure investigations.
  • Experience with additively manufactured materials, part design, and analysis.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced development program.

About the Company

Rocket Lab Corporation

Builds rockets, satellites and space components

Rocket Lab builds and launches rockets, designs satellites and sells spacecraft components for commercial operators, governments and defense customers. Its Electron rocket carries small satellites on dedicated missions, while its Space Systems business supplies complete spacecraft and the hardware and software needed to operate them. Customers pay for launch services, satellite development, component sales and mission support, giving the group business beyond sending its own rockets into space. The company is developing Neutron, a larger reusable rocket intended for constellation deployment and other heavier missions. Rocket Lab's operating business began in 2006 and the group is headquartered in Long Beach, California.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Long Beach, CA
Founded
2006

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