Senior Manager Primary Structures

Kent, Washingtonfull timeOn Site

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$150k–$225k

H1B: no

Cowboyspace Senior Manager Primary Structures owns the design, build, and performance of the vehicle’s primary structures including airframe, tanks, thrust structure, interstages, raceways, strakes, and thermal protection. Responsible for ensuring the vehicle survives flight, landing, and rapid reuse with minimal mass and maximum reliability.

Responsibilities

Own the design, build, and performance of the vehicle’s primary structures. This includes airframe, tanks, thrust structure, interstages, raceways, strakes and thermal protection. Responsible for ensuring the vehicle survives flight, landing, and rapid reuse with minimal mass and maximum reliability.
Own the primary airframe: propellant tanks, interstages, and thrust structure from concept through flight.
Drive structural design for minimum mass while meeting strength, stiffness, fatigue, and thermal requirements.
Ensure hardware survives combined ascent, entry, landing, and reuse environments.
Lead structural analysis (FEA, hand calcs) and validate with test and flight data.
Define and execute structural test campaigns (component, subscale, full-scale).
Work directly with manufacturing to iterate quickly and resolve build issues on the floor.
Identify and close failure modes through rapid design-test-learn cycles.
Support flight operations, anomaly investigation, and post-flight inspection/refurbishment improvements.

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in AerospaceExperience with load pathsExperience leading engineers or a team

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or related engineering field.
8+ years of experience in structural design, analysis, or mechanisms for flight hardware or high-performance systems.
Experience with load paths, structural sizing, and material selection.
Hands-on experience taking hardware from design through build and test.
Experience leading engineers or a team

Preferred

Experience with launch vehicles or reusable flight systems.
Strong background in metallic structures, welding, and/or composites.
Experience designing mechanisms (deployment, separation, hinges, latches).
Familiarity with cryogenic structures and/or high-temperature environments.
Proficiency with FEA tools and ability to validate with real-world data.

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
PTO
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave

Company

Cowboyspace

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