*Structural Engineer \- Solar Arrays**
Location: Germering, on\-site
*About the hiring company:**
Dcubed is a fast\-growing space engineering company with the mission to make space engineering and exploration easy and accessible. What makes Dcubed special is that each of us is a space explorer at heart.
At Dcubed, we enable the future of space missions with high\-performance, flight\-proven release mechanisms and deployable structures. From cutting\-edge Release Actuators to scalable Deployable Solar Arrays and innovative Deployable Antennas, our technologies are designed for user friendliness, availability, and reliability — whether for smallsats in LEO or large missions to Moon, Mars and beyond.
*About the role**
Space hardware must survive launch before it can perform its mission. Your analyses and tests will prove that it can.
As
**Structural Engineer \- Solar Arrays (f/m/d)**
, you will verify the structures and mechanisms that enable Dcubed's solar arrays to survive launch and deploy successfully in orbit. Through a combination of advanced simulation, first\-principles engineering, and hands\-on testing, you will turn ambitious designs into flight\-ready hardware.
If you enjoy understanding the physics behind complex systems, challenging assumptions, and validating your work through testing, this role is for you.
*Responsibilities**
Perform structural analyses of solar arrays, deployable structures, mechanisms, and hold\-down and release systems.
* Develop and validate FEM models for static, dynamic, thermoelastic, buckling, and non\-linear analyses.
* Size composite and metallic structures, bonded joints, bolted interfaces, and inserts, and calculate structural margins of safety.
* Use analytical calculations and engineering judgement to cross\-check simulation results and verify model assumptions.
* Support the design of lightweight structures and mechanisms capable of surviving launch loads and deploying successfully in orbit.
* Define and lead structural test campaigns, including vibration, static load, deployment, and thermal testing.
* Define loads, instrumentation, notching approaches, test predictions, and pass/fail criteria.
* Participate in test execution, investigate anomalies, correlate models, and support verification closure.
* Build and test coupons, prototypes, and representative hardware to generate material data and validate analytical models.
* Prepare structural analyses, test reports, and verification documentation, and support internal and customer reviews.
*Candidate Requirements**
*Experience \& Qualifications**
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
* 3\+ years of experience in structural analysis and testing of aerospace, space, or other high\-performance structures.
* Experience taking hardware from analysis through testing and verification.
* Experience with composite structures, deployable systems, mechanisms, or spacecraft hardware is highly desirable.
*Technical Skills**
Strong understanding of structural mechanics, dynamics, vibration, and load\-path analysis.
* Advanced FEM knowledge and strong experience with FEMAP and Nastran NX.
* Experience with Ansys and LS\-Dyna is considered an advantage.
* Experience performing static, modal, random vibration, transient, buckling, thermoelastic, and non\-linear analyses.
* Experience sizing composite and metallic structures, bolted joints, inserts, and bonded interfaces.
* Ability to assess structural margins and independently verify simulation results using first\-principles calculations.
* Experience defining and executing structural test campaigns, including instrumentation, notching, and model correlation.
* Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for engineering calculations and data analysis.
* Familiarity with ECSS, NASA, or equivalent aerospace structural standards.
*Personal Attributes**
Analytical, rigorous, and driven to understand the physics behind the results.
* Strong sense of ownership from analysis through successful test execution.
* Hands\-on mindset with a willingness to prototype, instrument, and test hardware.
* Excellent problem\-solving and troubleshooting skills.
* Effective communicator and team player in a multidisciplinary environment.
* Comfortable working in a fast\-paced startup environment.
* Excellent English language skills.
* Eligibility to work in Germany
*What we offer**
We want you to feel welcome and have the best possible tools for your work here at Dcubed. Therefore, we have selected a set of benefits to support your work days and everyday life, today and longer term.
Commute: Deutschlandticket
* Wellbeing: EGYM Wellpass, recovery toolkit
* ETF\-based pension program offering 30\-50% company contribution
* Modern work equipment, based on your role and needs: laptop, phone, headphones, electric desk, wide screens, state\-of\-the\-art workshop equipment
* Office environment: kitchen and break areas; lunch offering, beverages \& snacks at the office; small exercise area, Space Bar
* Work\-life balance \& activities: hybrid work arrangements (location and working hours), company events and trips, launch parties
* Professional development: 70\-20\-10 thinking, training budget, training library, regular performance reviews
* Company swag: hoodie, t\-shirt, stickers, water bottle, notebook etc.
Interested? Apply here: https://dcubed.teamtailor.com/jobs/8434380\-structural\-engineer\-solar\-arrays\-f\-m\-d