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ALTEN Technology USA
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Structural Engineer (Mechanical)

Location
Mountain View, California
Work mode
On-site
Employment type
Full-time

About the job

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Location: On-site in Mountain View, CA (preferred), Potential for Hybrid or Fully Remote Job Duration: 6 months, with potential extension to a long-term role if candidate is strong in PCB design Salary: $130-150k

Our client is the first non-military unmanned aircraft company to receive FAA Type Certification (2022) and operate under an FAA Production Certificate. We're seeking a Mechanical Engineer (Structures) to design and substantiate the primary structure of our next-generation system — airframe, arms, landing gear, payload interfaces, and ground systems — to the safety bar of a certified aircraft.

Responsibilities

  • Design complex aero-structures in SolidWorks, including bonded and fastened joints
  • Perform static, modal, buckling, and fatigue analysis using FEA, validated with hand calculations
  • Own margins of safety and structural substantiation for flight-critical parts
  • Run material, layup, and process trade studies balancing weight, stiffness, cost, and producibility
  • Plan and execute structural tests and correlate with analysis and flight telemetry
  • Work with suppliers on DFM and first articles; lead failure analysis on flight hardware

Required Qualifications

  • BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or related)
  • 4+ years of structural design and analysis on aircraft, UAV, automotive, or weight-critical hardware
  • Proficiency with FEA tools (e.g., Ansys, SolidWorks Simulation) and strong hand-calculation skills
  • Experience designing and analyzing composite structures and joints
  • Proficiency in SolidWorks and GD&T; hands-on structural test experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • MS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
  • UAV, eVTOL, or certified aircraft experience; familiarity with DER substantiation or ASTM F38
  • Composite manufacturing knowledge (layup, cure, bonding, NDI)

Salary Range • $130,000 - 150,000 • The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

From ALTEN Technology USA's careers page (Greenhouse), checked 29 Oct 2026.

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