# Lead Structures Engineer

ABOUT US: Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company developing a scalable technology platform to power critical infrastructure, mission operations, and the future of flight. We apply aerospace engineering and quality standards across our products, delivering high performance, reliability, and efficiency for the most demanding operating environments. Astro Mechanica is backed by leading venture and strategic investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Giant Step Capital, United Airlines Ventures, and Voyager Ventures. WHAT YOU'LL DO: Architect primary and secondary composite and metallic structures, making key decisions on load paths, joints, materials, structural arrangement, and manufacturing approach. Define technical direction for aircraft structures and drive key architectural decisions across structural modules, aerodynamics, propulsion, systems, manufacturing, and flight test . Define and drive the structures organization’s execution plan, including headcount and capability needs, work allocation, engineering processes, and operating rhythms; communicate priorities, risks, and decisions effectively both up and down the organization. Support fabricat

- **Id**: 766931
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/astro-mechanica-lead-structures-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-11T19:44:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T04:06:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 58
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2852
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace, Aerospace Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 171729
- **Name**: Astro Mechanica
- **Domain**: astromecha.co
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/astro-mechanica>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 93
- **Open postings**: 21
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.095
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 220000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 220000

## Technologies

- **Femap** — Optional: no
- **Nastran** — Optional: no
- **Siemens NX** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 58

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T20:23:49Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 78
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.863
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 58
- **Expected fill days**: 90
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 220000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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