Senior Stress Analyst

Skyryse is seeking a Senior Stress Analyst to support the design, development, and certification of its fly-by-wire, safety-critical aircraft systems. The ideal candidate is hands-on, technically rigorous, and comfortable working in a fast-paced aerospace startup environment where analysis directly informs design decisions.

Requirements

• Perform static, fatigue, and damage tolerance analysis of aircraft structures
• Conduct classical hand calculations to assess stress, strain, margins of safety, and structural integrity
• Generate structural substantiation to support FAA certification activities
• Collaborate closely with design engineering, manufacturing, and flight test teams
• Support trade studies to optimize weight, strength, and manufacturability
• Evaluate test results and correlate analytical predictions with ground and flight test data
• Author and review stress reports, certification documents, and compliance findings
• Create tools and methods to efficiently conduct stress analysis
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective actions for structural issues identified during testing or operations
• Ensure analyses comply with Skyryse safety standards and aerospace best practices

Benefits

• Valuable stock option plan
• Heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision plans
• 20 days of paid time off (PTO) and 5 sick days annually