Lead Structures & Analysis Engineer

About the Company

Brelle engineers next-generation platforms for supercars and superbikes, working alongside high-performance brands in the US and Europe. Our innovations are built on a novel battery pack architecture, a full-stack software platform, and automated manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Guide design from day one by embedding with design, manufacturing, and systems engineers to influence architecture
• Own structural analysis end-to-end, including defining load cases and performing sizing using classical hand calculations and FEA
• Drive material selection across metallics, composites, polymers, and adhesives
• Lead structural test campaigns, defining test plans, instrumentation, and pass/fail criteria
• Lead root-cause investigations of structural failures in test, production, or the field
• Build and develop the engineering team by setting technical standards and growing engineers at all levels
• Communicate margins, risks, and recommendations clearly during design reviews

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Materials, or related engineering field (M.S. preferred)
• 8+ years of structural analysis experience on safety- or performance-critical hardware
• Deep grounding in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, fatigue, and fracture
• Expert proficiency with commercial FEA suites (HyperMesh, Abaqus, Ansys, Nastran, etc.)
• Strong materials background including selection and testing of metallic and/or composite structures
• Scripting ability in Python or MATLAB for analysis automation
• Experience validating models against physical test

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with battery packs, modules, or enclosures
• Multi-physics fluency, specifically coupled thermal-structural analysis
• DFM awareness across casting, stamping, extrusion, machining, additive, and composite layup
• Experience building analysis tools or methods adopted team-wide

Benefits

• Base Salary: $125,000 – $160,000
• Early employee equity participation
• Medical (HMO, PPO), Dental, and Vision
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Team meals 2x per week
• Monthly team events