5+ years of thermal and/or structural analysis experience with complex hardware.
Proficient in heat transfer, stress analysis, structural dynamics, and numerical modeling.
Familiarity with spacecraft thermal and structural environments, thermal analysis tools, and FEA.
Hands-on experience in test support and model correlation from analysis to execution.
Eager to learn and adapt to new challenges.
Responsibilities
Own thermal and structural analysis from requirements to flight hardware qualification.
Build and maintain thermal and finite element models for spacecraft and components.
Evaluate on-orbit temperatures, launch loads, and structural margins.
Manage analysis and environmental test campaigns effectively.
Define test requirements and correlate models to test data, resolving discrepancies.
Guide design changes in collaboration with engineering teams.
Support on-orbit spacecraft operations.
Benefits
Full-time, onsite role at Inflection's HQ in Los Angeles, CA.
Full Job Description
About the role
Inflection is seeking an experienced spacecraft analyst to own thermal and structural analysis and guide spacecraft design decisions. This role reports directly to the CTO. This is a full-time, onsite role based out of Inflection's HQ in Los Angeles, CA.
What you'll do
Own spacecraft thermal and structural analysis, from requirements through flight hardware qualification and test.
Build and maintain thermal and finite element models for spacecraft, subsystems, and components.
Evaluate on-orbit temperatures, launch loads, vibration responses, and structural margins.
Manage analysis and environmental test campaigns.
Define test requirements and correlate models to test data; diagnose and resolve discrepancies.
Guide practical design changes with other engineers.
Support on-orbit spacecraft operations.
Qualifications
5+ years of thermal and/or structural analysis experience supporting the design, fabrication, and test of complex hardware.
Experience in heat transfer, stress analysis, structural dynamics, and numerical modeling.
Experience with spacecraft thermal and structural environments, thermal analysis tools, and FEA.
Hands-on test support and model correlation skills, with demonstrated ownership from initial analysis through test campaign execution and model correlation.
The ability to get hands-on, and an appetite to learn new things.
