Spacecraft Structural Engineer — VLEO Missions

reading, england, United-Kingdom • Posted May 31, 2026

Job Type: Full-time
Location: reading, england
Posted: May 31, 2026
Category: Engineering
Application Deadline: July 10, 2026

Role Description

We are seeking a Structural Engineer to support the design, analysis, testing, and qualification of structures for our VLEO satellite missions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform structural analysis of flight hardware including spacecraft structures, propulsion subsystems, and mechanical assemblies. This includes static, modal, random vibration, sine, shock, and quasi‑static load cases.
  • Develop and validate finite element models (FEM) for spacecraft and high‑performance aerospace structures.
  • Perform hand calculations for preliminary analysis in support of FEA.
  • Support structural sizing, stiffness optimisation, and load path analysis for launch and in‑orbit environments.
  • Plan and execute vibration, shock, and structural qualification testing test campaigns end‑to‑end: write the test plan, instrument the hardware, interpret the data, correlate the model, and close out the qualification report.
  • Instrument hardware u...

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