Senior Mechanical Analyst & Team Lead - Structural & Thermal

Lead structural and thermal analysis approaches and execution across hardware units and spacecraft systems  

Define modeling strategies, verification methods, and analysis approaches  

Demonstrate margins against requirements (thermal, vibration, static, etc.)  

Solve high-complexity, multi-physics problems, including critical risk areas  

Support the day-to-day effectiveness of the analysis team through coordination, feedback, and technical guidance 

Act as a first-line escalation point for technical challenges  

Support performance feedback and development of team members  

Partner with mechanical engineering leadership and design teams to support hardware development  

Work across electrical, RF, systems, AIT, and program teams to incorporate structural and thermal considerations into design decisions  

Drive development and improvement of analysis methods, tools, and workflows  

Ensure consistency, reliability, and scalability of simulation approaches  

Contribute to tool selection and usage in alignment with organizational direction  

Provide technical guidance and review for structural and thermal engineers, and support design teams as needed 

Mentor engineers to improve technical depth, judgment, and autonomy  

Structural and thermal performance is well understood and validated through analysis and test correlation  

Strong partnership with design teams leads to early risk reduction and improved performance  

Analysis methods and tools are consistent, scalable, and trusted across efforts  

Engineers grow in technical depth and effectiveness