Canada Rocket Company

Structures Specialist

Toronto, Canada

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 22 days ago

AvionicsMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringHardware DesignCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Canada Rocket Company is building a sovereign launch capability for Canada.
We're looking for a Senior / Principal Structural Engineer to lead the hands-on design, analysis, development, and validation of critical structural hardware on our launch vehicle.
This role is focused on real hardware ownership: translating system requirements into robust, manufacturable, flight-ready structures and driving them from early concept through test and flight.

Own the design and development of structural hardware.
Translate vehicle and subsystem level requirements into structural concepts, detailed designs, and verified hardware that meet mass, strength, stiffness, manufacturability, and reliability targets.
Perform and guide structural sizing across load cases.
Develop load paths, joint concepts, interfaces, and structural layouts for highly loaded aerospace hardware, using sound first-principles engineering judgment supported by analysis and test.
Create and drive structural analyses and use test data to correlate models, refine designs, and close the loop between prediction and reality.
Partner closely with propulsion, fluids, avionics, manufacturing, integration, and test teams to ensure structural solutions are practical, well integrated, and executable.
Drive material, process, and manufacturing decisions for the hardware you own, balancing performance, producibility, schedule, quality, and cost.
Support hardware through the full rapid development cycle, including concept trades, design reviews, drawing release, fabrication support, test planning, test execution, anomaly investigation, and design iteration.
Contribute to the structural development approach, including design philosophy, analysis methods, test strategy, and engineering standards, in partnership with the Head of Structures.
Support other engineers and help raise the technical bar of the structures team.

7+ years of experience in structural design, analysis, and development for aerospace or similarly demanding hardware
Ability to operate with a high degree of ownership in a fast-paced, cross-functional engineering environment.
Experience with cryogenic structures, thin-walled shell structures, welded tanks, domes, ring frames, thrust takeout structures, or engine-adjacent load-bearing hardware.
Hands-on experience with metallic aerospace structures, weldments, machined structures, formed bodies, bonded assemblies, or other relevant manufacturing approaches.
Experience correlating structural models to test data from proof, burst, modal, vibration, acoustic, or combined-load test campaigns.
Bachelor's or advanced degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field.

translating system requirements into robust, manufacturable, flight-ready structures and driving them from early concept through test and flight.
Required 7+ years of experience in structural design, analysis, and development for aerospace or similarly demanding hardware
higher expectations apply for principal-level candidates.
Deep understanding of structural and thermal mechanics, including strength of materials, stability, buckling, fatigue, fracture, joints, load paths, and structural dynamics.
Hand on experience with manufactured hardware.

About Canada Rocket Company Canada Rocket Company is developing Canada's first medium-lift launch vehicle.
We are a team of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, MDA, and more, bringing over a century of combined launch and space systems experience back to Canada.
Our mission is to provide reliable, independent access to space for Canada and its allies in a rapidly expanding global market.

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