Loads & Dynamics Engineer
About The Position
K2 Space is building large, high-powered spacecraft for the next generation of space development. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Altimeter Capital, and many others ($200M raised to date) , we intend to mass produce the highest-powered satellite platforms ever built for missions across LEO to Deep Space. The rise of launch vehicles like Falcon 9 and Starship enables the move from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance. We believe this new era requires spacecraft with a fundamentally different design in order to fully utilize the massive rockets coming to market. We’re a team that believes the future lies in building large, high-powered satellites that can handle multiple orbits. This is a necessity if we ever want to develop the solar system, and become a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a groundbreaking Series B space startup, we’d love for you to apply. The Role As a member of our growing analysis team you will help own the successful derivation of loads and environments for K2 Space satellites during ground transportation, launch, deployment, and on-orbit operation. You will build software tools and establish simulation workflows to support a variety of analyses in frequency and time domains. Within your first couple of months you will devise development testing to correlate physics models with measured data. You will also own qualification and acceptance testing of satellite hardware at the component and vehicle level. As we continue to refine our designs and scale for the future you will be responsible for delivering well-derived requirements and engineering insights to make reliable and mass-producible spacecraft.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
- 1+ years of work experience in dynamics either from industry, research, internships or academic projects
Nice To Haves
- Strong understanding of low and high frequency dynamics (vibration, shock, modal testing)
- Experience with testing and measurements
- Experience with finite element analysis software (e.g. FEMAP, Nastran)
- Software development experience in Python
- Strong knowledge of digital signal processing, statistics, and structural mechanics
- Capable of identifying and solving complex problems with little to no supervision or direction
- Excellent communication skills of analysis and test insights.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, unstructured start-up environment.
Responsibilities
- Own dynamic testing from start to finish including pre-test analysis, sensor selection & installation, testing, data analysis, signal processing and model correlation
- Develop physics models using finite element analysis or custom software
- Create software tools to support data processing and simulation frameworks
- Collaborate with design engineers, analysts, and external customers to develop satellite products
- Apply first principles in developing frameworks for both dynamics and non-dynamics analyses
- Perform code reviews for simulation and analysis tools
- Utilize analysis and test to provide data-driven engineering guidance and decisions
- Write high quality technical documentation of test and simulations
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including unlimited paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
