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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