• Lead structural analysis strategy for UAV airframes, major substructures, and critical components. • Define and review finite element modeling approaches, assumptions, load cases, and margins. • Perform and oversee static, modal, fatigue, vibration, and damage-tolerance analyses. • Establish best practices for hand calculations, correlation methods, and model validation. • Drive structural optimization across performance, weight, cost, and manufacturability. • Own structural test strategy, including defining requirements, overseeing execution, and correlating results to analysis. • Review and approve structural analysis deliverables, test reports, and certification artifacts. • Mentor and technically guide senior and early-career structural analysts. • Partner with cross-functional leads to balance structural requirements with system-level performance goals. • Influence long-term architecture, materials selection, and structural design standards.