Senior Spacecraft Loads & Dynamics Engineer

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo seeks an experienced Loads and Dynamics engineer to perform structural and dynamic analyses for spacecraft subsystems and full vehicle configurations. You will run multi-body dynamic simulations, plan tests, select instrumentation, and process data to validate models across GSE, launch, and on-orbit states.

The role requires extensive FEA experience (NASTRAN or equivalent) and 6+ years in mechanical engineering with a focus on dynamics, with a path toward ensuring launch vehicle

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

Finite element analysis

Education

Master's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

NASTRAN

Job description

Amazon Leo seeks an experienced Loads and Dynamics engineer to perform structural and dynamic analyses for spacecraft subsystems and full vehicle configurations. You will run multi-body dynamic simulations, plan tests, select instrumentation, and process data to validate models across GSE, launch, and on-orbit states.

The role requires extensive FEA experience (NASTRAN or equivalent) and 6+ years in mechanical engineering with a focus on dynamics, with a path toward ensuring launch vehicle