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title: Senior Mechanical Engineer Stress Analysis
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| **Company** | LTA Research |
| **Location** | Sunnyvale, CA |
| **Salary** | $150K/yr - $190K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Oct 02, 2026 |

## Is this job real?

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## Visa sponsorship

- **H-1B:** LTA Research sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 5 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4).
- **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for LTA Research.

## Pay for similar jobs

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## Description

We’re looking for a structures engineer with strong design and analysis fundamentals, someone eager to learn and flexible enough to take on whatever a fast-moving hardware program throws at them. You’ll work in an exciting, fast-paced environment tackling some of the most challenging structural problems in aerospace.

 

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