Structural Dynamics Engineer
Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
As a Structural Dynamics Engineer at Impulse, your core responsibility will be to determine and validate loads and environments for full vehicles and component subsystems. You will work closely with a fast-paced, agile team that strives to make a high-performance spacecraft from a clean sheet design.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
- 4+ years of demonstrated experience with structural dynamic analysis of high performance systems
- Proficient with at least one industry standard structural FEA package (Femap/Patran/NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience solving structural dynamic or vibration driven problems
- Demonstrated experience with time and frequency domain analysis
- Demonstrated proficiency with Matlab, Python or similar applications
- Demonstrated proficiency with CAD software and the ability to learn new tools
- Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
Nice To Haves
- A graduate degree (MS / PhD) in engineering or related field working with numerical methods
- 6+ years hands-on experience with dynamic structural testing, including: random vibration, acoustics, sine vibration, sine burst, shock, and modal survey
- Hands-on experience with sensor selection, test parameter selection, and data analysis
- Working knowledge of launch vehicle loads
- Demonstrated experience with acoustic vibration analysis software such as VA One
- Demonstrated experience working on a launch vehicle or satellite development effort
- Previous experience in a startup or agile development environment
Responsibilities
- Determine critical loads during launch, deployment, on-orbit operation, and ground handling
- Generate and apply forcing functions for engine-borne dynamic excitation
- Determine appropriate environments from vibration, acoustic, and shock sources
- Develop and improve finite element models of primary structures and mechanisms
- Develop and integrate Craig-Bampton reduced models for launch vehicle integration
- Generate rigid-body deployment simulations and validate with deployment testing
- Analyze and direct dynamic testing from pre-test analysis to post-test correlation
- Effectively communicate results to Responsible Engineers and Designers and collaborate on improvements and solutions
Benefits
- stock options
- medical coverage
- vision coverage
- dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
