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Rocket Lab Corporation

Builds rockets, satellites and space components

Senior Structural Analyst

Materials & StructuresConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAuckland, New ZealandNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar field.
  • At least 5 years of experience performing structural analysis in high-performance applications.
  • Strong understanding of composites engineering fundamentals, including mechanics of materials, classical lamination theory, material property characterization, design best practices, analysis methods, and manufacturing processes.
  • Demonstrated expertise with one or more industry-standard structural finite element analysis packages, such as NASTRAN (FEMAP), ANSYS, Abaqus, or OptiStruct/HyperWorks.
  • Experience with structural testing of composite components or assemblies.
  • Familiarity supporting composite manufacture and prototyping.
  • Ability to work to deadlines within a high-pressure environment.

Responsibilities

  • Support analysis of primary and secondary structures, including composites and metallic components, and integrated structural assemblies.
  • Build, run, and post-process finite element models to calculate design responses and margins to static, dynamic, and thermal loads.
  • Collaborate with design engineers to develop concepts, and with manufacturing engineers to identify suitable materials and define pragmatic build processes.
  • Work alongside test engineers to define test plans, monitor test activities, and post-process test data against analytical predictions.
  • Develop and document structural analysis methods.
  • Proactively identify and solve technical challenges to allow projects to proceed at pace.
  • Technically assist junior engineers.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with defect and damage tolerance assessment of composite structures, including disposition of hardware non-conformances.
  • Experience in linear and non-linear buckling.
  • Experience in composite joint design.
  • Experience with sensor selection and data post-processing and interpretation of static and dynamic structural tests, including load cells, accelerometers, strain gauges, and LVDTs.
  • Experience with computer-aided design software such as NX, Fibersim, SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar, with a focus on model defeaturing for subsequent analysis.
  • Experience using Product Lifecycle Management software such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar.
  • Hands-on composites manufacturing experience.

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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