Senior Structural Engineer - Simulation

About the Company

We are a renewable energy and ocean technology company committed to rapidly developing and deploying technologies that will ensure a sustainable future for Earth by unlocking the vast energy potential of its oceans. We operate as an idea meritocracy in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and advance reduced-order beam element analysis tools written in Julia
• Build and maintain automation pipelines transitioning designs from reduced-order models to high-fidelity FEA
• Collaborate with Marine Ops, Manufacturing, and ME teams to analyze critical load environments
• Own the mass estimation process for candidate devices
• Verify automated results using classical hand calculations and Nastran FEA
• Leverage Docker, GCP, and PostgreSQL/Python to manage simulation data and cloud workloads
• Act as the structural simulation lead for novel primary structures

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in structural analysis and software/tooling development
• Proficiency in Julia and Python
• Deep understanding of structures, preferably large-scale steel structures
• Familiarity with marine-specific load environments
• Experience with Git, Docker, and cloud computing (GCP/AWS/Azure)
• Working knowledge of Nastran or similar solvers
• Ability to use AI for code generation and efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in computational mechanics or structural dynamics
• Experience with PostgreSQL or relational databases
• Experience building human-in-the-loop automation tools

Benefits

• Cash compensation of $150,000 - $250,000
• Company equity
• 100% company-paid gold level PPO health, dental, vision, and disability insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• 401(k), health FSA, and dependent care FSA contributions
• Relocation assistance to Portland