Lead, Structural Dynamics - Spacecraft Vibration

Overview Energy, Inc.; Ashburn (VA); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability & Life insurance

Wellness stipend

4 weeks PTO

Sick leave 2 weeks

Parental leave

401(k) matching

Descripción de la vacante

Overview Energy, Inc. is seeking a Structural Dynamics Lead to build an in-house capability for analysis, verification, and model validation of space structures.

You will own the structural dynamics scope from scratch and work with propulsion, optics, mechanisms, and systems teams in Ashburn, VA. Daily work includes building models, defining tests, running fixtures, and correlating data to deliver robust designs that survive launch and thermal cycling.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Structural Engineering.
• 5-10 years of structural analysis experience on flight hardware: spacecraft, launch vehicles, or aircraft.
• Hands-on experience across the full analysis cycle on multiple flight structures: build the model, define the test, correlate, and recommend the fix.
• Expertise in Nastran structural dynamics (sine, random, and shock) using Femap, Patran, or Simcenter 3D.
• Experience defining static and dynamic test requirements and designing the fixtures to run them.
• Hands-on Siemens NX experience, from preparing geometry for analysis to modeling test fixtures.

Responsabilidades

• Build Nastran models from scratch for the primary structure, deployables, and the structure holding our optics.
• Own loads and margins of safety for every flight structure, from launch vibration and shock to bolted joints.
• Deliver Craig-Bampton models to launch providers and interpret the coupled loads results that come back.
• Define static and dynamic test requirements: levels, durations, notching, sensor placement, and pass criteria.
• Design and survey test fixtures, run test campaigns in person, and process the data yourself.
• Correlate every model to test data and recommend design changes before hardware is released.

Conocimientos

Nastran dynamics

Loads & margins

Craig-Bampton models

Test planning & fixtures

Python or MATLAB

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Structural Engineering

MS in Mechanical/Aerospace/Structural Engineering

Herramientas

Femap

Patran

Simcenter 3D

Siemens NX

Python

MATLAB

Descripción del empleo

Overview Energy, Inc. is seeking a Structural Dynamics Lead to build an in-house capability for analysis, verification, and model validation of space structures.

You will own the structural dynamics scope from scratch and work with propulsion, optics, mechanisms, and systems teams in Ashburn, VA. Daily work includes building models, defining tests, running fixtures, and correlating data to deliver robust designs that survive launch and thermal cycling.