Senior Mechanical Analyst & Team Lead (Structural & Thermal) at Kepler

Technical Ownership & Execution 

• Lead structural and thermal analysis approaches and execution across hardware units and spacecraft systems  

• Define modeling strategies, verification methods, and analysis approaches  

• Demonstrate margins against requirements (thermal, vibration, static, etc.)  

• Solve high-complexity, multi-physics problems, including critical risk areas  

Team Leadership & Functional Direction 

• Support the day-to-day effectiveness of the analysis team through coordination, feedback, and technical guidance 

• Act as a first-line escalation point for technical challenges  

• Support performance feedback and development of team members  

Cross-functional Collaboration 

• Partner with mechanical engineering leadership and design teams to support hardware development  

• Work across electrical, RF, systems, AIT, and program teams to incorporate structural and thermal considerations into design decisions  

• Provide subject matter expertise to inform design and verification activities  

Tools, Methods & Standards 

• Drive development and improvement of analysis methods, tools, and workflows  

• Ensure consistency, reliability, and scalability of simulation approaches  

• Contribute to tool selection and usage in alignment with organizational direction  

Mentorship & Technical Leadership 

• Provide technical guidance and review for structural and thermal engineers, and support design teams as needed 

• Mentor engineers to improve technical depth, judgment, and autonomy  

What Success Looks Like 

• Structural and thermal performance is well understood and validated through analysis and test correlation  

• Strong partnership with design teams leads to early risk reduction and improved performance  

• Analysis methods and tools are consistent, scalable, and trusted across efforts  

• Engineers grow in technical depth and effectiveness