{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5643bb9f536c6b64228d4e4d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5643bb9f536c6b64228d4e4d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5643bb9f536c6b64228d4e4d","title":"Structures Engineer (Launch Vehicles)","description":"ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE\n\nFirefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.\n\nSUMMARY\n\nFirefly is looking for talented Mechanical or Aerospace Engineers to join our Primary Structures Team. As an entry-level Structures Responsible Engineer for Primary Structures, you will develop our state-of-the-art pressurized structures throughout the product life cycle for Launch Vehicles. You will be part of a highly skilled, dynamic team that will involve you in all aspects of analysis, design, fabrication, and testing. Excellent collaboration and communication skills, along with a can-do attitude are critical.\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\nFormulate the comprehensive cradle to grave Road Map for your hardware - owning conceptual design, structural layout, sizing analysis, hardware production, and structural testing\nDesign and development of very large composite pressurized structures\nMass optimization of existing designs and requalifying designs\nSupporting products from conceptual creation, design release, analysis, prototype, qual and production\nSupport configuration development and trade studies\nMaintain requirements, activity schedule, budget, and status\nCreate CAD, manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other documentation\nPerform first order strength and sizing calculations for your structure\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\nRequired\n\nB.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering\nInternship(s) in a structural system design-related role\nStrong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software (Siemens NX / FiberSim preferable).\nAbility to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide technical guidance and insight.\nExperience with industry FEA/FEM tools like Nastran, ANSYS, FEMAP, Simcenter, etc.\nA passion for the structures!\n\nDesired\n\nExperience taking hardware from analysis, through test, and back through analysis validation\nFamiliarity with aerospace standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc)\nWorking knowledge of composite manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, and characterization\nDemonstrated experience with composite structures and manufacturing techniques\n\nBonus Points\n\nExperience with Pressurant or Propellant tanks\nExperience with filament wound and/or AFP structures\nPassion for very big Pressurized Structures.","company":"Firefly Aerospace","rawCompany":"firefly aerospace","city":"Cedar Park","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-19T11:27:58.526Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2011.00","title":"Aerospace Engineers","slug":"aerospace-engineers"},{"code":"17-2141.00","title":"Mechanical Engineers","slug":"mechanical-engineers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"},{"code":"336419","title":"Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing","slug":"other-guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-parts-and-auxiliary-equipment-manufacturing"},{"code":"927110","title":"Space Research and Technology","slug":"space-research-and-technology"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Structures Engineer (Launch Vehicles)","description":"ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE\n\nFirefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. 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