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About the Role

Canada Rocket Company is building a sovereign launch capability for Canada. This role involves leading the design, analysis, development, and validation of critical structural hardware for launch vehicles, focusing on real hardware ownership from concept through flight.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of structural hardware.
• Translate vehicle and subsystem requirements into structural concepts, detailed designs, and verified hardware.
• Perform and guide structural sizing across load cases.
• Develop load paths, joint concepts, interfaces, and structural layouts for highly loaded aerospace hardware.
• Create and drive structural analyses and use test data to correlate models and refine designs.
• Partner with propulsion, fluids, avionics, manufacturing, integration, and test teams.
• Drive material, process, and manufacturing decisions balancing performance, producibility, schedule, quality, and cost.
• Support hardware through the full rapid development cycle including concept trades, design reviews, fabrication, and test.
• Contribute to structural development approaches, design philosophy, and engineering standards.
• Support other engineers and raise the technical bar of the structures team.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in structural design, analysis, and development for aerospace or demanding hardware.
• Strong experience designing primary or highly loaded structural hardware.
• Deep understanding of structural and thermal mechanics including strength of materials, stability, buckling, fatigue, fracture, and dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to take hardware from concept through detailed design, manufacturing, and validation.
• Hands-on experience with manufactured hardware.
• Strong capability with first-principles analysis and finite element methods.
• Experience working closely with manufacturing and test teams to resolve build and test issues.
• Ability to operate with high ownership in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Skills

• Structural design
• Structural analysis
• Finite element methods
• First-principles engineering
• CAD/Design software
• Manufacturing process development
• Test planning and execution

Experience Level

• 7+ years of experience
• Senior or Principal level

Education Level

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field

About the Company

• Canada Rocket Company is building a sovereign launch capability for Canada.