Structures Analysis Engineer - Airframe & Systems

About us:

We are developing next-generation UAV platforms that combine advanced composites, metallic structures, and rigorous analysis to deliver safe, lightweight, and high-performance airframes. As part of our engineering team, you will take ownership of structural analysis and stress evaluation across airframe and subsystem designs.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform structural analysis and stress calculations for airframes, subsystems, and components.
• Carry out FEA simulations (linear, non-linear, buckling, fatigue, vibration).
• Define load cases and boundary conditions in coordination with aerodynamics, propulsion, and design teams.
• Analyse composite and metallic structures (sandwich panels, bonded joints, machined parts).
• Evaluate static strength, fatigue life, and damage tolerance performance.
• Support coupon, sub-component, and full-scale structural tests; correlate analysis with results.
• Generate stress reports, material allowables, and compliance documents for gated reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR).
• Review design changes and provide structural approval from a stress perspective.
• Ensure designs comply with aerospace safety and certification standards.
• Maintain documentation and data discipline, ensuring traceability of all analysis inputs and outputs.

Qualification required:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Structural Engineering.
• 5–10 years of experience in stress analysis for aircraft or aerospace structures.
• Strong proficiency in FEA tools (ANSYS, NASTRAN, Abaqus, HyperMesh).
• Experience with composite and metallic materials (design allowables, testing).
• Familiarity with hand-calculation methods (beam theory, panel buckling, joints).
• Experience supporting test correlation and validation.
• Proven documentation discipline for stress reports, BoMs, and gated reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR).

Great if you have:

• Process-driven mindset with attention to safety margins and reliability.
• Hands-on in both simulation and experimental validation.
• Strong documentation and data discipline — treating every analysis as a controlled artefact.
• Comfortable in a startup-style aerospace R&D environment.

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 5–10 years