Spacecraft Loads & Dynamics Engineer - On Orbit

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 194,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo in Redmond, WA seeks a Loads & Dynamics Engineer to perform structural/dynamic analyses across the spacecraft life cycle. You will collaborate with GNC and test teams to plan, execute, and validate analyses for flight hardware and deployments.

Applicants should have 3+ years in mechanical engineering, experience with FEA (NASTRAN) and MATLAB/Python, and a Master’s degree in a related field. This role offers a challenging environment and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of working in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in dynamic analysis and testing (modal, random vibration, shock, and/or acoustics).
• 3+ 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

Finite element analysis

MATLAB

Python

NASTRAN

Education

Master's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

MSC ADAMS

Wave6

FEMAP

IMAT

MATLAB

Python

NASTRAN

Job description

Amazon Leo in Redmond, WA seeks a Loads & Dynamics Engineer to perform structural/dynamic analyses across the spacecraft life cycle. You will collaborate with GNC and test teams to plan, execute, and validate analyses for flight hardware and deployments.

Applicants should have 3+ years in mechanical engineering, experience with FEA (NASTRAN) and MATLAB/Python, and a Master’s degree in a related field. This role offers a challenging environment and competitive compensation.