Mass Properties Engineer: Spacecraft Weight & CG Specialist

Lockheed Martin; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 88,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado is seeking a Mass Properties Engineer to support satellite, missile, and space programs. You will calculate mass properties, maintain databases, perform trade studies, and help publish analysis reports to support weight reduction efforts.

You will work with an integrated product team, apply basic software tools, interpret manufacturing drawings, and contribute to safety and mission success while developing solutions for advanced space systems.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in calculating the mass properties (mass, 3 axis centers of gravity, moments and products of inertia) of components and performing summation calculations into assemblies
• Ability to use and understand the concepts behind simple software tools to perform these calculations
• Demonstrated ability to perform simple weight and center of gravity measurement using multiple platform scales or load cells
• Experience interpreting detailed mechanism designs taken from manufacturing drawings or standard modeling software tools
• Data reduction and simple error analysis
• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Provide Mass Properties Engineering support to multiple satellite, missile or special programs
• Calculate mass properties and update and maintain mass properties database
• Perform basic trade studies and make presentations at program design reviews
• Support development of test procedures and perform mass properties measurements, then reduce and interpret measurement data into final user values
• Support Mass Properties Control Boards and weight reduction teams
• Document and publish all types of analysis reports and support the mass properties effort on small or large programs

Skills

Mass properties calculations

Center of gravity

Data reduction

Verbal/written communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

IDEAS

Pro-E

CREO

Mathcad

MATLAB

Job description

Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado is seeking a Mass Properties Engineer to support satellite, missile, and space programs. You will calculate mass properties, maintain databases, perform trade studies, and help publish analysis reports to support weight reduction efforts.

You will work with an integrated product team, apply basic software tools, interpret manufacturing drawings, and contribute to safety and mission success while developing solutions for advanced space systems.