Dynamics Engineer

The role

You will own the derivation of loads and environments for K2 Space satellites during transportation, launch, deployment, and on-orbit operation. You will build software tools, establish simulation workflows, and perform qualification and acceptance testing of satellite hardware.

What you will do

• Support dynamic testing at the component and subsystem level
• Develop physics models using finite element analysis or custom software
• Create software tools for data processing and simulation frameworks
• Collaborate with design engineers, analysts, and external customers
• Apply first principles in developing frameworks for dynamics and non-dynamics analyses
• Contribute to code reviews for simulation and analysis tools
• Utilize analysis and test to provide data-driven engineering guidance
• Write technical documentation of test and simulations
• Support derivation of loads, environments, and design criteria
• Support coupled loads analysis and assist with jitter, pointing, and vibroacoustic analysis

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
• 1+ years of work experience in dynamics from industry, research, internships or academic projects

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
• Strong understanding of low and high frequency dynamics
• Experience with testing and measurements
• Experience with finite element analysis software (e.g., FEMAP, Nastran)
• Software development experience in Python
• Strong knowledge of digital signal processing, statistics, and structural mechanics
• Capable of identifying and solving complex problems with little to no supervision or direction
• Excellent communication skills of analysis and test insights
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, unstructured start-up environment
• Exposure to coupled loads analysis (CLA) and Craig-Bampton/superelement model reduction techniques

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license
• The role has access to information and items controlled by ITAR

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is a high-growth Series D-funded company mass-producing satellite platforms.