About Pangea Propulsion We are a company dedicated to developing advanced propulsion systems for the space industry based on high efficiency, sustainability, and reusability. We aim to be the propulsion provider for the next generation of spacecraft and to lead in the booming space market of the next decade.

We are a passionate, multicultural, and multidisciplinary team pushing the boundaries of space propulsion technology. We have history through testing the world’s first 3D-printed Methalox Aerospike engine, a milestone for the industry. We are looking for talented professionals to join our international teams in Barcelona and Toulouse.

We value diversity and believe it is a key to success, with equal opportunities for growth for everyone at Pangea.

About The Role As a Structural Analysis Engineer, you will be a key technical contributor within Pangea Propulsion’s Structural Analysis team, operating with autonomy on thermomechanical, dynamic, and nonlinear structural problems. You will own analysis campaigns end-to-end—from problem framing and modelling to validation, results interpretation, and design recommendations—directly influencing the architecture, performance, and robustness of the next generation of propulsion systems.

Your work will include static thermomechanical analyses, modal analysis, complex eigenvalue extraction, and frequency or time-based dynamic analyses, with a particular focus on rotating machinery.

Key Responsibilities

Perform and lead FEA campaigns including static, modal, thermo-mechanical, dynamic and transient analyses, handling non-linear problems (contacts, plasticity, large deformation, etc.).

Plan, build, verify, document, and maintain high-fidelity FE models with traceability to loads, material properties, requirements, and assumptions.

Provide clear, actionable design feedback to mechanical design and propulsion teams at both part and subsystem levels.

Develop and improve analysis methodologies, scripts, subroutines, benchmarks, and guidelines.





Participate in design reviews, presenting methods, assumptions, results, and recommendations with clarity, conciseness, and technical rigor.

What You Need To Be Successful

Master’s degree (or higher) in Aerospace, Mechanical, or related engineering disciplines.

3+ years of experience performing advanced structural analyses using commercial FEA tools (preferably Abaqus).

Proven ability to run structural static and dynamic analyses with high independence, including thermomechanical, linear and nonlinear, modal and other dynamic analyses.

Strong understanding of structural mechanics, vibrations, fatigue, fracture, material behavior, and numerical methods.

Demonstrated experience framing analysis problems, defining assumptions, and ensuring consistency with loads and system requirements.

Ability to interpret results critically, identify anomalies, and propose sound engineering solutions.

Excellent communication skills—able to articulate assumptions, limitations, and design implications clearly to multidisciplinary teams.

Proactive mindset, ownership attitude, and passion for sharing knowledge and elevating team capability.

Fluent English.

Other Useful Skills

Experience in fatigue (high cycle and low cycle), fracture mechanics, rotordynamics, test-correlation, topology optimization or probabilistic structural methods.

Knowledge of rocket propulsion systems: injector heads, thrust chambers, turbomachinery, feed systems, thermal & dynamic environments, etc.

Proficiency with meshing tools (e.g., MeshWorks) and scripting languages (Python, MATLAB).

Experience writing Abaqus subroutines (UMAT, USDFLD, UEL, etc.).

Experience working with ECSS, AIAA and other aerospace structural verification standards.

Pangea Propulsion is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all applications without discrimination on any legally protected grounds. We welcome applications from persons with disabilities and we can provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace.

📌 Structural Analysis Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Pangea Propulsion
📍 Madrid