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Your analyses go directly into hardware that flies.\nWe are hiring at two levels:\n* Structural Analysis Engineer (2 positions) - €60,000-85,000\n* Lead Structural Analysis Engineer (1 position) - €80,000-100,000, leading a team of 6 analysts and reporting to the CEO/CTO\nYour tasks\n* Drive design decisions through structural analysis: modal, static, sine, random, dynamic and thermal\n* Build, validate and optimise FEM models in FEMAP/NASTRAN and ANSYS (APDL/Workbench)\n* Verify results with hand calculations, scripting and spreadsheet checks\n* Write technical reports and present results to project partners and customers\n* Lead level only: lead and mentor the analysis team, own complex space work packages, ensure compliance with ESA/ECSS standards, and shape product architecture with design, systems and suppliers\nYour profile - both levels\n* Professional structural analysis experience on SPACE hardware (satellites, spacecraft, space structures). 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