Senior Structures Design Engineer

The role

You will provide technical leadership and build engineering guidelines for the design of pressurized, primary, thrust, and secondary structures. You will act as a Responsible Engineer for sub-systems, owning hardware from requirements through flight.

What you will do

• Define the structural design of the rocket in coordination with owners of other portions of the vehicle
• Analyze structural components of the rocket and write margin summaries
• Help build and define load cases
• Procure and manage all hardware for components and structures that you own
• Work side-by-side with manufacturing & test engineers to get hardware built, tested, and integrated
• Help build design tools and guidelines that will accelerate development of structural components
• Track and disposition non-conformances for structural hardware
• Manage the budget and schedule for the structural components that you own
• Provide mentorship to younger team members and interns

Required qualifications

• 8 years minimum experience in designing high-performance structures
• Exceptional command of fundamentals
• Demonstrated proficiency with CAD software
• Demonstrated proficiency with analysis software
• Ability to determine appropriate level of work from hand calcs to multi-physics finite element solutions
• Experience with technical mentoring of junior engineers
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Nice to have

• NX preferred
• ANSYS preferred
• Familiarity with launch vehicle design desired
• cryogenic propellant familiarity preferred

Benefits

• Equity in the form of stock options
• Subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• 4 weeks’ Paid Time Off
• 11 days of holidays including an end-of-year closure
• Paid Family/Parental Leave
• On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
• Dog friendly offices

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual
• Employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and background checks
• Must be able to prove identity and authorization to work in the U.S.
• Employment may be conditioned on legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials
• Stoke Space uses E-Verify to confirm identity and employment eligibility

About the company

Stoke is building Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle designed for daily flight. The team is mission-driven, collaborative, and empowered to take ownership of their work.