Senior Dynamics Engineer: Aerospace Loads & Mechanisms

Kindredventures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion seeks a Senior Dynamics Engineer to own loads, structural dynamics, and multibody dynamics analyses across the vehicle architecture, structures, mechanisms, and test. You will define critical dynamic environments, mature designs, and validate performance through analysis and hardware correlation.

This is a key Mechanical team role reporting to the Director of Mechanical, driving optimization from concept through qualification and production in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, or related field.
• Typically 5+ years of professional experience in loads, structural dynamics, multibody dynamics, or related analysis for aerospace/defense.
• Strong fundamentals in rigid-body dynamics, structural dynamics, vibration, transient response, and mechanical system behavior.
• Experience developing and applying multibody dynamics models for mechanisms, deployment systems, etc.
• Experience defining and evaluating mechanical loads and dynamic environments for flight hardware.
• Familiarity with FEM tools such as ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, FEMAP, or equivalent.
• Experience with multibody dynamics tools such as ANSYS Motion, Adams, RecurDyn, Simpack, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with design, structures, manufacturing, and test teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own development of vehicle loads, structural dynamics, and multibody dynamics analyses from early architecture through hardware realization.
• Define and mature load cases and dynamic environments, including launch, shock, vibration, separation, deployment, and other transient mechanical events.
• Develop and maintain multibody dynamics models to evaluate separation events and other critical mechanism-driven vehicle behaviors.
• Partner with structures and mechanisms engineers to translate dynamic analysis results into design requirements, sizing inputs, interface loads, and architecture decisions.
• Support development of structural dynamics models, including modal characterization, transient response, and dynamic load prediction for flight hardware.
• Drive dynamic trade studies to evaluate mechanism architecture, deployment performance, structural response, and system sensitivity.
• Help define test objectives, instrumentation needs, and correlation plans for mechanism, structural, and dynamic development tests.
• Correlate simulation results to test data and refine models, assumptions, and design recommendations.
• Present analysis progress, technical risks, and recommended paths forward in design reviews and cross-functional program forums.
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous development environment.

Skills

Loads analysis

Structural dynamics

Multibody dynamics

FEM tools

Multibody dynamics tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Verbal and written communication

Problem solving

Dynamics modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

ANSYS

Abaqus

NASTRAN

FEMAP

Python/MATLAB

Job description

Inversion seeks a Senior Dynamics Engineer to own loads, structural dynamics, and multibody dynamics analyses across the vehicle architecture, structures, mechanisms, and test. You will define critical dynamic environments, mature designs, and validate performance through analysis and hardware correlation.

This is a key Mechanical team role reporting to the Director of Mechanical, driving optimization from concept through qualification and production in a fast-paced setting.