Senior Vibroacoustics & Dynamic Environments Engineer

Stoke Space; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 328,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Life and disability insurance

401(k) employer match

Holidays 10 days

On-site gym / wellness stipend

Dog-friendly offices

Job summary

Stoke Space in Kent, WA is building Nova, a fully reusable launch vehicle designed for daily flights to reduce cost and increase cadence. As a Dynamic Environments Engineer, you will own the dynamic environments strategy and provide vibroacoustics analysis, testing support, and best practices.

You will develop physics-based models, lead test campaigns, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across the vehicle programs to drive robust designs, while maintaining a fast-paced, mission-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, 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 to characterize dynamic environments (vibration, shock, 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 component qualification vibe and shock campaigns by providing hands‑on execution support and review of test data
• 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

Aerospace Engineering

Vibroacoustics

Dynamics Analysis

MATLAB

Python

Accelerometers

Mentoring

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Master's preferred

Tools

NASTRAN

Wave6

VAOne

Job description

Stoke Space in Kent, WA is building Nova, a fully reusable launch vehicle designed for daily flights to reduce cost and increase cadence. As a Dynamic Environments Engineer, you will own the dynamic environments strategy and provide vibroacoustics analysis, testing support, and best practices.

You will develop physics-based models, lead test campaigns, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across the vehicle programs to drive robust designs, while maintaining a fast-paced, mission-driven