Structural Design and Analysis Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Support the structural and/or thermal design efforts for spacecraft system development including lander and other transportation system elements.
• Design structural components of the lander with conducting structural and/or thermal computational analyses.
• Support the completion of the component design specification and the design reviews.
• Support preliminary design including trade studies, material, component, manufacturing process selection, and design validation.
• Support the test preparation of test plan, the report, the analyses of test data, and the JIG designs for component and system tests.
• Evaluate nonconformance materials from design and analysis perspectives and prepare the report.
• Support detailed design of lander system for structural, thermal, and operational performance.
• Supporting other engineers' analyses by providing and simplifying 3D models.
• Support rapid prototyping, hardware assembly, integrating and testing including travel to test sites.
• Report to the team lead and the group manager.
• Maintain proactive coordination between teams to balance and achieve project goal.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills / Experience)

• Hold BS and/or MS in mechanical engineering,  aerospace engineering, or equivalent.
• Have more than 3 years of experience in the design analysis for aerospace or aviation applications with use of FEM computational tool.
• Have the experiences in making a strong logic and/or finding a solution through the discussions with non-Japanese companies or agencies (i.e NASA, ESA, FAA).
• Have the experiences in the documentations in English.
• Have excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Be comfortable with change, fast-pace environment, and learning new things.
• Proactive attitude, team player, and strong responsibility for own works.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills / Experience)

• Proficiency in Solidworks, FEmap, NASTRAN (or equivalent) software packages
• Have extensive experience with CAD software packages and drawing makings.
• Have knowledge of Geometric Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T) and of the stack-up calculation method for drawing tolerances (i.e. RSS).
• Have knowledge of mechanical design, material selection, and fabrication processes for spaceflight hardware or equivalent.
• Have an experience of space environmental tests.
• Have an experience in new industrial development project in aerospace or aviation field.