H9 Talent Solutions are currently looking to recruit an Aerospace Structures & Thermal Engineer with 3+ years of experience, to design, analyze, and deliver flight hardware that can survive the extreme demands of spaceflight, for our innovative client.
They are building the next generation of space manufacturing infrastructure — and this person will be the one answering the critical question: will this vehicle survive?
You'll own structural and thermal analyses from early concept through flight, drive mass reduction efforts, select materials, and work hands-on with hardware in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.
This is a rare opportunity to have your fingerprints on actual flight systems at a company pioneering the next industrial revolution.
What will you be doing?
- Design primary structures, load paths, internal supports, and hard points — and lead efforts to reduce mass, simplify manufacturing, and maintain structural margins
- Perform structural and thermal analyses (FEA, thermal modeling, margin calculations) using tools like ANSYS to validate hardware will survive flight environments
- Select and evaluate materials — including composites, ablatives, and thermal barrier systems — for high-temperature and extreme aerospace environments
- Develop and execute qualification test plans covering structural, thermal, vibration, and environmental testing through to flight certification
- Collaborate closely with the vehicle design, GNC, systems engineering, and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated, flight-ready hardware
Tech stack:
ANSYS, Nastran, Abaqus, Python, MATLAB, CAD
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and deliver aerospace structures, thermal systems, and flight hardware
- Own structural and thermal analyses throughout the development lifecycle
- Develop and evaluate vehicle architectures, material selections, and design trades
- Perform structural sizing, stress analysis, thermal modeling, and margin assessments
- Support the development of high-temperature systems and thermal protection approaches
- Design components, assemblies, mechanisms, and integrated vehicle structures
- Develop qualification, environmental, thermal, vibration, and structural test plans
- Work closely with systems, avionics, software, GNC, manufacturing, and mission operations teams
- Support supplier selection, manufacturing oversight, hardware integration, and production planning
- Participate in design reviews, technical decision-making, anomaly investigations, and post-flight assessments
- Contribute to engineering processes, design standards, and future vehicle development efforts