Mechanical & Dynamics Engineer

Loft Orbital Solutions; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 210,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbitworks, leveraging Loft Orbital Solutions heritage, seeks a Mechanical & Dynamics Engineer to own spacecraft structural analyses and testing. You will ensure stress margins meet launch conditions, and review results from suppliers and payloads.

The role spans system-level mechanical design, trade studies, and interface drawings, with possible thermal analysis responsibilities to verify temperatures remain within limits. A strong background in FEA and CAD is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of structural analysis experience in space industry.
• Know-how in force-limiting techniques.
• Vibration testing experience with data reduction & test oversight.
• FEA at spacecraft level with one solver and pre/post processors.

Responsibilities

• Perform spacecraft-level structural analysis to verify fastener and component stress margins.
• Correlate FEA models to vibration test outputs.
• Review mechanical analysis/test results from suppliers and customer payloads.
• Conduct mechanical trade studies and interface design drawings.
• Possibly perform thermal analysis to ensure temperatures stay within limits.

Skills

Mechanical Design

System Design

FEA

ASME Codes & Standards

CAD

Creo

SolidWorks

Autodesk Inventor

Autocad

HVAC Design

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Femap

Patran

Nastran

ANSYS

Job description

Wanna join the adventureThe Mechanical & Dynamics Engineer will be the in-house expert for all Orbitworks structural analysis and testing. This will predominantly be spacecraft-level analysis to ensure fastener and component stress margins of primary structures are compliant with our launch environment. They will also work on identifying any justified notch requests through force-limited methodology. The ability to correlate models to test is essential.They will also act as a more general Mechanical Engineer predominantly at satellite level. Beyond structural analysis this role extends to mechanical trade studies vendor selection mechanical layouts interface design drawings and assembly & test.They will also be responsible for reviewing mechanical analysis/test results from suppliers and customer Payloads.Ideally the successful candidate will also have a strong understanding of the fundamentals of satellite thermal design. They will be capable through training if necessary of performing thermal analysis of our satellites to confirm temperatures remain within acceptable limits.Must Haves:

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or a related field. Masters degree preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience performing structural analysis in the space industry.
• Understanding of force-limiting techniques.
• Pragmatic vibration testing experience (provision of pre-test inputs test oversight data reduction).
• FEA experience at Spacecraft level. Expert-level knowledge of at least one solver and pre-/post-processor package and cursory knowledge of others (Femap Patran Nastran ANSYS etc).
• Experience correlating FEA models to vibration test outputs.
• Can concisely document analysis and test findings in report format.
• Possess strong communication and organizational skills.
• System-level thinking and approach to problem-solving.

Nice To Haves:

• Ability to perform Craig Bampton (CB) model reduction for launch authorities.
• Proficient with CAD tools (Solidworks or similar).
• Experience designing satellites or other space H/W.
• Thermal design and/or analysis experience. Use of ESATAN or Systema-Thermica would be an advantage.
• Proven experience in optical payloads integration or other use-cases where alignment and tolerances are design drivers.

Orbitworks mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbitals heritage Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.

Required Experience:

IC

Key Skills

• Mechanical Design
• System Design
• FEA
• ASME Codes & Standards
• CAD
• Mechanical Knowledge
• Creo
• SolidWorks
• Mechanical Engineering
• Autocad
• HVAC Design
• Autodesk Inventor

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1