Star Catcher
Spacecraft Structures Engineer
Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum three years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, structural, or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR. Must also provide proof of eligibility to work in the U.S.
About the job
Designs, analyzes, tests, and integrates spacecraft structural systems and ground support equipment for space-to-space power-beaming spacecraft and an orbital power grid.
What you'll do
- Design spacecraft structures and ground support equipment; produce and release engineering drawings and change orders.
- Perform structural calculations and finite element analyses, including joint analysis and safety-margin reporting.
- Support hardware build, integration, and qualification and acceptance testing, including instrumentation and test-data reduction.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, structural, or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
- At least three years designing, analyzing, and testing mechanical hardware for complex systems.
- CAD and drawing experience with GD&T using Autodesk Inventor or equivalent, and structural analysis using Ansys Mechanical or equivalent.
- Aerospace structural criteria knowledge, including margin-of-safety reporting, bolted-joint analysis, and factors of safety per NASA-STD-5001; hands-on hardware build, integration, or environmental-testing experience.
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with deployable structures, STOP analysis, composites or bonded construction, or scripting in Python or APDL.
Tools
Autodesk Inventor, Ansys Mechanical, NASA-STD-5001, Python, APDL
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