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Structural Dynamics Engineering Specialist
| Company | The Aerospace Coporation |
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| Location | El Segundo, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $117300 – $175900 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Structural, or Aerospace Engineering or similar field is required
- A minimum of (8) years applicable professional or educational experience is required
- Experience with finite-element model development techniques and software
- Knowledge of classical vibration and transient response analysis theory
- Sound knowledge of Linear Algebra and its application in structural dynamic computations
- Prior experience with leading teams or performing project management roles
- Willingness to occasionally travel and to work off-business hours to support customer needs, approximately ~5%, as required
- This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Perform structural dynamic analyses and evaluations of launch vehicle and spacecraft loads for all phases of flight
- Develop simulation tools and processes to solve structural dynamics problems
- Evaluate analytical predictions versus flight sensor data to develop recommendations to improve loads analysis methods
- Plan and oversee the execution of mode survey testing for various launch vehicle and space vehicle components, including test data quality verification and finite element model correlation to test data
- Conduct analyses and investigations to solve a broad range of structural dynamics problems requiring advanced treatment and/or coordination within the department and other technical disciplines
- Provide technical support and expertise to program offices and external customers in the discipline of structural dynamics.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Mechanical, Structural, or Aerospace Engineering or similar field with related coursework in structural dynamics is strongly preferred
- (12) or more years of applicable professional or educational experience in structural dynamics or similar field is preferred
- Experience with high frequency data acquisition and signal processing
- Skilled with mode survey and other dynamic testing
- Knowledge of component-mode synthesis techniques and finite-element analysis programs, especially experience with Nastran and DMAP programming
- Project management or team lead experience related to development of computational analysis tools and maintenance of finite-element analysis best practices/methodologies.
