Brelle

Automotive

LeadStructures&AnalysisEngineer

$125–160k Los Alamitos, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead Structures & Analysis Engineer at Brelle. Skills: Structural analysis, FEA, Material selection, Structural testing. Guide design from day one. Influence architecture early”

Industry & Context.

Automotive
Problems you'll solve

Root-cause investigations; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Materials, or related engineering field, 8+ years structural analysis experience, Deep grounding in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, fatigue, and fracture, Expert proficiency with at least one commercial FEA suite, Materials background: selection, properties, allowables development, and testing of metallic and/or composite, Familiarity with non-linear material behavior, Scripting ability in Python or MATLAB, Leveraging AI tools to accelerate and enhance engineering workflows, Clear, concise technical communication

Nice to Have

M.S. preferred, Experience with battery packs, modules, or enclosures, Multi-physics fluency, Working knowledge of how electrical, thermal, and safety requirements constrain structural design, DFM awareness across casting, stamping, extrusion, machining, additive, and composite layup, Experience taking hardware from prototype to rate production, Experience building analysis tools or methods adopted team or company-wide

What You'll Do.

Guide design from day one

Influence architecture early

Support mass-optimization

Support manufacturing trades

Support cost/weight/performance trades

Build and develop the team

Set technical standard

Create environment for rigorous work

Create environment for independent work

Own structural analysis end-to-end

Define load cases and environments

Perform sizing of structures

Drive material selection

Account for environmental effects

Account for manufacturing variability

Account for joint behavior

Lead structural test campaigns

Define instrumentation

Define pass/fail criteria

Close the loop on failures

Lead root-cause investigations

Drive corrective actions

Communicate effectively across domains

Serve as structural SME

Present recommendations

Translate complex analysis

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Design engineers; Manufacturing engineers; Systems engineers; Cross-functional teams; Leadership; Broader team

Communication Scope

Technical communication; Design review defense

Process & Methodology

Technical lead, Responsible engineer

Full Job Description

ABOUT BRELLE “Energy for what moves us” defines our mission at Brelle. Based in California, 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. Joining the team means working on making electric vehicles—on the road and on the racetrack—lighter, more engaging, safer, and capable of charging in minutes. Our engineering teams are structured like small Skunkworks teams – nimble, cross-functional, and technical. Engineers are encouraged to explore new concepts and materials and expected to rapidly go from idea to prototype. We move fast, obsess over the details, and believe the hardest problems are the ones worth solving. Nothing is impossible. If it sounds impossible, it's probably worth working on. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Lead Structures & Analysis Engineer, you will own the structural integrity of our products — from material selection and first-order sizing through detailed FEA, physical test, and correlation back to the model. You’ll work at the intersection of structures, materials, and the wider system. Our hardware lives in a demanding multi-physics environment (i.e. mechanical loads interacting with thermal, electrical, and safety requirements), so we’re especially interested in engineers who have worked on battery packs, energy storage, EV structures, spacecraft, aircraft, or motorsport, and who understand how structural decisions ripple through the rest of the system. You’ll have direct influence over architecture and a mandate to build the analysis capability you think the team needs. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Guide design from day one: Embed with design, manufacturing, and systems engineers to influence architecture early — load paths, joints, materials, and mass. Support mass-optimization, manufacturing and cost/weight/performance trades. - Build and develop the t

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