Analyze What Keeps the World Flying – Structural Analysis Engineer Opportunity

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leader in the aerospace industry to hire an experienced Structural Analysis Engineer to support production and post-production aircraft programs in Long Beach, CA. If you bring deep stress analysis expertise, strong certification knowledge, and a passion for ensuring structural integrity, this is your opportunity to contribute to aircraft that connect the world.

Position Overview

Job Type: Full-Time Consultant (12-Month Assignment)
Location: Long Beach, CA
Schedule: Monday–Friday | 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Pay Rate startong at : $84.56 per hour
Travel: Up to 10% (Domestic & International)

This is a non-managerial, non-leadership role requiring regular and predictable attendance.

Your Impact

As part of a Structures Stress Team supporting airplane production and post-production modifications, you will perform critical analyses that ensure aircraft meet structural integrity and regulatory compliance standards. Your work will directly influence safety, certification, and operational reliability across both primary and secondary aircraft structures.

From detailed stress analysis to regulatory coordination, your expertise will help maintain the structural backbone of modern aerospace platforms.

What You’ll Do

• Perform detailed structural and stress analysis to determine margins of safety using classical methods and engineering tools

• Support production activities, service bulletin development, customer inquiries, and failure investigations

• Provide structural guidance during design and configuration development

• Conduct trade studies to optimize structural solutions while meeting program requirements

• Integrate component-level structural models and perform finite element analysis (FEA) to evaluate internal loads and stresses

• Document structural analyses to demonstrate compliance with company, customer, and regulatory requirements

• Participate in resolution of technical, operational, and quality issues

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, quality, and regulatory teams

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science from an accredited course of study in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, or related technical discipline (ABET preferred, though not required)

• 5+ years of experience in Stress Analysis/Structural Analysis

• 3+ years of experience performing classical hand calculations and using FEA software

• Experience with aerospace structural analysis tools, processes, and procedures

• Experience with Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Analysis

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education and typically 9+ years of related work experience (e.g., Master’s + 7 years, PhD + 4 years, or equivalent combination)

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of related aerospace structural analysis experience

• 2+ years leading or mentoring structural analysts and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders

• 2+ years of experience supporting 787 primary structural analysis programs

Why Join Us?

At PDS Tech Commercial, you’ll join a team supporting some of the most advanced aerospace programs in the world — all from a collaborative engineering environment in Long Beach, CA.

We offer:

• Stable first-shift schedule (7AM–3PM)

• Exposure to both production and post-production aircraft programs

• Opportunities to collaborate with regulatory agencies and cross-functional experts

• The chance to contribute directly to aircraft safety, compliance, and performance

If you thrive on precision, technical rigor, and meaningful aerospace impact, this is your opportunity to apply your structural expertise where it truly matters.

Ready to Strengthen the Future of Aerospace?

If you’re an experienced structural analyst ready to contribute to mission-critical aircraft programs, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and help ensure the integrity of the aircraft that keep the world connected.

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