Senior Vibroacoustics & Dynamic Environments Engineer

MaC VC; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 328,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with employer match

4 weeks' Paid Time Off

Holidays - 10 days

Paid Family/Parental Leave

On-site gym or wellness stipend

Dog friendly offices

Job summary

Stoke Space in Kent, WA is seeking a Dynamic Environments Engineer to own the vibroacoustics strategy for the Nova launch vehicle. You will develop analytics, run tests, and mentor engineers while advancing flight vibroacoustic capabilities.

You will model dynamic environments, define forcing functions, and collaborate across teams to ensure robust test campaigns and validated models for vibration, acoustics, and structural dynamics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in dynamic environments or structural dynamics.
• Experience with NASTRAN or similar for dynamic analyses, especially modal.
• Experience predicting environments with vibroacoustic analysis software such as Wave6 or VAOne.
• Programming skills in MATLAB or Python.
• Strong fundamentals in structural dynamics and vibroacoustics.
• Hands-on experience with accelerometers and data acquisition systems.
• Mentor junior engineers and REs.
• Ability to lead vibroacoustics efforts across the vehicle system.
• Ability to follow and work well in a team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support engine and structural tests through instrumentation selection, placement, and data review for vibration, shock, and acoustics.
• Own and drive development of dynamic environment requirements across the vehicle, including test and modeling efforts.
• Own and develop component test levels and support vibroacoustics test campaigns with hands-on execution and data review.
• Define acoustic and structure-borne forcing functions for driving flight vibroacoustic events.
• Develop finite element models for modal and vibroacoustic models.
• Use vibroacoustic analysis software to develop models, reduce data, and perform vibration and acoustic analysis.
• Develop data reduction and analysis tools and templates to improve efficiency of dynamic environments analysis.
• Drive cross-functional teams to improve designs and tests based on vibroacoustics.
• Document best practices and lessons learned.

Skills

Dynamic environments

Vibroacoustics

Accelerometers

Data acquisition

MATLAB

Python

Mentorship

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

NASTRAN

Wave6

VAOne

Job description

Stoke Space in Kent, WA is seeking a Dynamic Environments Engineer to own the vibroacoustics strategy for the Nova launch vehicle. You will develop analytics, run tests, and mentor engineers while advancing flight vibroacoustic capabilities.

You will model dynamic environments, define forcing functions, and collaborate across teams to ensure robust test campaigns and validated models for vibration, acoustics, and structural dynamics.