Senior Structural Engineer, Thunder

Highlights

• Build Thunder, an autonomous attack rotorcraft flying alongside crewed aviation.
• Develop new aircraft in a lean team that flies designs within months, not years.
• Own structures from analysis through validation testing and flight testing.

Ideal candidate

A self-starting structures engineer who loves owning hardware from first principles to flight test and thrives in fast, ambiguous new-aircraft development.

Requirements

• BS or higher in engineering or applied physics with focus in structures
• Deep understanding of statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials and materials properties
• Structural testing experience including static, buckling, cyclic, sensors and data acquisition
• Proficiency in FEA for linear and non-linear static and buckling analyses
• Experience with CAD tools
• Proficiency in Matlab or Python for analytical models and automation
• Able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Self-starting, organized, able to work autonomously on ill-defined problems