Structural Dynamics Engineer

As a Structural Dynamics Engineer at Impulse, your core responsibility will be to determine and validate loads and environments for full vehicles and component subsystems. You will work closely with a fast-paced, agile team that strives to make a high-performance spacecraft from a clean sheet design.

Responsibilities

• Determine critical loads during launch, deployment, on-orbit operation, and ground handling
• Generate and apply forcing functions for engine-borne dynamic excitation
• Determine appropriate environments from vibration, acoustic, and shock sources
• Develop and improve finite element models of primary structures and mechanisms
• Develop and integrate Craig-Bampton reduced models for launch vehicle integration
• Generate rigid-body deployment simulations and validate with deployment testing
• Analyze and direct dynamic testing from pre-test analysis to post-test correlation
• Effectively communicate results to Responsible Engineers and Designers and collaborate on improvements and solutions

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 4+ years of demonstrated experience with structural dynamic analysis of high performance systems
• Proficient with at least one industry standard structural FEA package (Femap/Patran/NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus,  etc.) 
• Demonstrated experience solving structural dynamic or vibration driven problems
• Demonstrated experience with time and frequency domain analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency with Matlab, Python or similar applications
• Demonstrated proficiency with CAD software and the ability to learn new tools 
• Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns