Mach Industries
Senior Mechanical Analysis Engineer, Structures
$140K–$180K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Own structural sizing, optimization, analysis, and validation for aerospace platforms, from early architecture through detailed design and hardware release.
What you'll do
- Perform structural sizing and finite element analysis, develop margins of safety, and produce analysis documentation.
- Collaborate across design, manufacturing, loads, and test teams on structural trade studies, builds, testing, and design iterations.
- Review engineering data packages and help establish structural practices while mentoring engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of aerospace structural analysis optimization for strength and stiffness, including metallics, composites, and bolted/bonded joints.
- Strong understanding of structural mechanics, load paths, strength, stiffness, stability, and structural sizing.
- Proficiency with CAD and structural analysis tools such as NX, FEMAP, Nastran, ANSYS, Abaqus, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Experience developing vehicle-level global finite element models (GFEMs) and supporting aircraft/UAV structures.
- Experience with structural testing and FEM correlation, fatigue and crack propagation analysis, or rapid prototyping and hands-on manufacturing.
Pay
$140,000 — $180,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NX, FEMAP, Nastran, ANSYS, Abaqus
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