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Structural Dynamics Engineer

1 month ago

Redondo Beach, California, United States Impulse Space Full time
Job Title: Structural Dynamics Engineer - Vehicle Engineering

As a Structural Dynamics Engineer at Impulse Space, you will play a critical role in determining and validating loads and environments for full vehicles and component subsystems. Your core responsibility will be to ensure the structural integrity of our spacecraft and launch vehicles.

Key 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
Preferred Skills and Experience:
  • A graduate degree (MS / PhD) in engineering or related field working with numerical methods
  • Hands-on experience with dynamic structural testing, including: random vibration, acoustics, sine vibration, sine burst, shock, and modal survey
  • Hands-on experience with sensor selection, test parameter selection, and data analysis
  • Working knowledge of launch vehicle loads
  • Demonstrated experience with acoustic vibration analysis software such as VA One
  • Demonstrated experience working on a launch vehicle or satellite development effort
  • Previous experience in a startup or agile development environment
Additional Information:

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities, and internal equity.

For full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage, as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.