Senior Spacecraft Loads & Dynamics Engineer

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 229,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking a loads and dynamics engineer to perform structural/dynamic analyses and support test planning across subsystem and vehicle trades.

Important qualifications include 6+ years in mechanical engineering and dynamic analysis, plus 6+ years with FEA (NASTRAN). Proficiency with MSC ADAMS/Wave6/LS-DYNA and MATLAB/Python is preferred.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience in dynamic analysis and testing (modal, random vibration, impact, shock, and/or acoustics)
• 6+ years experience with finite element analysis NASTRAN (or equivalent)

Responsibilities

• Perform structural/dynamic loads analyses, and multi-body dynamic simulations for subsystem and vehicle level trades.
• Contribute to spacecraft structural/dynamics test planning, equipment and instrumentation selection, and data acquisition.
• Perform analysis using FEA models for all vehicle states: GSE/transport, launch vehicle (stowed), on-orbit states (dispensing, deployments).
• Pretest simulations, response limiting/notching definition, and post-test data analysis and correlation/validation of analytical model.
• Work with GNC team to deliver linear modal models of principal structural disturbance responses to the integrated flight simulation & similar analysis tools.
• Verify compliance with launch vehicle requirements

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Dynamic analysis and testing

Finite element analysis NASTRAN

Education

Master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent

Tools

MSC ADAMS/Wave6/LS-DYNA

MATLAB/PYTHON

FEMAP/IMAT

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking a loads and dynamics engineer to perform structural/dynamic analyses and support test planning across subsystem and vehicle trades.

Important qualifications include 6+ years in mechanical engineering and dynamic analysis, plus 6+ years with FEA (NASTRAN). Proficiency with MSC ADAMS/Wave6/LS-DYNA and MATLAB/Python is preferred.