Position Summary:

Do you want to make a difference immediately? Are you ready to apply your structural design, analysis, and testing skills to develop cutting edge life support and thermal control products for extreme environments on Earth and in space? Are you ready to play a critical role immediately? Can you excel in that team environment and carry your share of the load while also relying on others to do their part? If this sounds like you, we want you to join Paragon Space Development Corporation now.

Paragon is developing exciting technologies, including spacesuits, lunar in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) systems, lunar dust mitigation, cryogenic fluid storage solutions, atmospheric revitalization for NASA's Lunar Gateway outpost, water recovery systems, and high-turndown morphing radiators. For more information about Paragon please visit our website ( of Duties:

• Independently and/or collaboratively formulate and perform static structural, fatigue and fracture analysis of aerospace components, assemblies, and systems
• Support generation of static, dynamic, and fatigue test plans and procedures, special test equipment, and sensor placement.
• Perform data analysis and model correlation.
• Work with design engineers to help drive weight optimized, structural sufficient parts
• Generate formal documentation such as technical memorandums, analysis reports, design and development books, or product manuals

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced interdisciplinary environment with changing needs and requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Derivation of vehicle load paths and reaction loads using free body diagrams
• Familiarity with classical aerospace sizing methods (ex: Bruhn, Niu, Roark)
• Knowledge of, and skills in the use of 1st principals to perform 1st order static structural analysis by hand
• Demonstrated proficiency with one or more of the following analysis codes: NX FEMAP, PATRAN, Nastran, ANSYS, ABAQUS
• Proficiency in FEM modeling techniques such as boundary conditions, mid-surfacing, element types, structural idealization, bolted connections, contact, verification methods, etc
• Proficient in structural analysis of aerospace system and components, including linear and nonlinear static analysis, stability analysis, Sine and random vibration analysis, shock and impact analysis
• Analysis of structural stability (local buckling phenomenon, global buckling, crippling) by classical hand calculation and FEM.
• Bolted joint hand calculations (bolt preload, joint stiffness, shear-tension interaction, insert pull-out, etc) per NASA-STD-5020
• Support internal/external design reviews, technical interchange meetings (TIMs), preliminary/critical design reviews (PDR/CDR)
• Knowledge and experience with the design and development of spacecraft, spacesuits, aircraft, military, or other relevant vehicles, systems, subsystems, assemblies, and/or components
• Knowledge and experience in the engineering product development lifecycle, ranging from requirements development through design, manufacture, test, and operations
• Skills in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)
• Ability to effectively communicate in both written and spoken form
• Ability to establish and maintain effective, positive work relationships; have creativity, flexibility and resourcefulness; have discriminating judgment, tact and sense of humor
• Ability to evaluate Junior Engineer's designs and concepts and provide expert advice that will enhance the resulting designs and to train junior engineers in their duties

Desired Experience:

Experience in one of the following discipline areas: Life Support System Design, Crew Systems Design, Crew Cabin Design, Mechanical Design, or Mechanical Analysis.

• Desired: Excellent understanding of fatigue and fracture mechanics principles, working knowledge of fatigue/fracture (AFGRO/NASGRO), spectra development, NDE methods, fail safe vs. safe life, NASA-STD-5019
• Desired: Expertise in modeling and simulation of electronics components and associated failure
• Desired: Expertise with analysis of welded joints
• Desired: Expertise with mechanisms including bearings, valves, motors, rotating joints, gears.
• Desired: Experience in direct SolidWorks CAD manipulation for analysis model and team collaboration purposes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Aerospace Engineering or equivalent field and 0-2 years
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent field and 1-2 years of industry experience with system and/or hardware analysis and design.
• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent field and 0-1 years of industry experience with system and/or hardware analysis and design.
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Bio-mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent field.
• US Citizen or US permanent resident

Who We Are:

As Paragon celebrates 28+ years of providing award-winning life support and thermal control solutions for extreme environments, we've recognized that it is our employees that keep our business thriving. By any measure, Paragon Space Development is an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our goal is to hire the best and allow you to do the work that you enjoy! We are interested in developing individuals who enjoy a challenge and like working on a variety of projects in a fast paced environment. We are committed to our employees and providing an inclusive work atmosphere that allows our talent to grow both personally and professionally.