Lead Structural Engineer

ENGINEERS WANTED for a hazardous journey. Small wages, high voltages, long hours of difficult technical work, safe career choice doubtful. Riches and Glory in case of success.

Wanted, specifically: a structures engineer who thinks in load paths, welds, and trusses, and wants to point that at ships.

What you bring

• 3+ years designing and analyzing structures in aerospace, launch, satellites, defense systems, large drones, steel fabrication, or shipbuilding. Years are a starting point. We hire on what you have built, how you reason about loads, and how hard you push.

• A bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, structural, or civil engineering, naval architecture, or a closely related field.

• Strong mechanical design and modeling skills: CAD (SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, or equivalent) and FEA (ANSYS, Abaqus, Nastran/Patran, or equivalent).

• Structural analysis you can defend: static strength, buckling, fatigue, and welded joints.

• Design-for-manufacture experience. You have taken a structure from a model to a built, tested article.

• Authorization to work in the U.S. Some projects are ITAR-regulated.

• Willingness to work on-site in Houston and on the factory floor.

Strong signals

• Welded steel, stainless, or aluminum structures.

• Truss, space-frame, or primary-structure design.

• Composite or hybrid structures.

• Qualification or proof testing of structures.

• Prototype-to-production experience at a startup or small team.

• Familiarity with ABS or other class rules. Not required.

Never designed a ship? Good. Tell us the hardest structure you have built.

Compensation, location, and equal opportunity

All roles are on-site at our Houston, TX facility. Relocation assistance is available for candidates moving to Houston.

All roles are expected to include intermittent or occasional travel as the business needs.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, and covers base salary only. Actual salary offers may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Equity grants are included in most full-time offers and are part of Fleetzero's total compensation package.

Fleetzero does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.