Principal Dynamics Engineer

The role

You will own the derivation of loads and environments for K2 Space satellites during ground transportation, launch, deployment, and on-orbit operation. You will build software tools, establish simulation workflows, and lead dynamic testing and analysis.

What you will do

• Drive definition and execution of dynamic testing at component, subsystem, vehicle, and stack levels
• Lead innovation on cross-disciplinary analysis and test methodologies
• Evolve spacecraft dynamics approaches to optimize for the company's business
• Develop time- and frequency-domain physics models using finite element analysis and custom software
• Create software tools to support data processing and simulation frameworks
• Collaborate with design engineers, analysts, and external customers to develop payload products
• Lead code reviews for simulation and analysis tools
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level dynamics engineers
• Derive loads, environments, and other dynamics-driven design and test criteria
• Own coupled loads analysis (CLA) for vehicle programs

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
• 8+ years of work experience in dynamics from industry or academia

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
• Strong understanding of low and high frequency dynamics (vibration, acoustics, shock, modal testing)
• Deep experience with testing and measurements
• Deep experience with finite element analysis software (e.g., FEMAP, Nastran)
• Strong experience in software development in Python
• Deep 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
• Experience with 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

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.