Dynamics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Derive internal load and environment requirements from system level requirements.
• Aid product groups with vibration and shock requirement tailoring and test verification.
• Assess vendor hardware capabilities against in-house predictions.
• Develop post-processing tools for dynamic analyses and tests.
• Build, maintain, and correlate prediction models based on gathered test data.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering.
• 1+ years of professional experience in loads and environment prediction.

Qualifications

• Spacecraft and/or payload background with experience through the entire system lifecycle from concept, design, production, integration, test, launch, and operations.
• Hands-on test experience in vibration labs.
• Familiar with Femap/NASTRAN.
• Ability to explain structural dynamic concepts to other engineering functions.
• Working understanding of a design load cycle and how it relates to analysis and test.
• Knowledge of spacecraft launch load environments and industry standard documents (SMC-S-016, GSFC-STD-7000A, MIL-STD-810G, etc.).

Skills

• Strong skills in frequency domain analysis.
• High-speed data processing.

Pay

Dynamics Engineer I: $86,100 - $122,220
Dynamics Engineer II: $112,340 - $159,468
Senior Dynamics Engineer: $137,760 - $195,552
Staff Dynamics Engineer: $162,360 - $230,472

Pay Range: California $86,100—$230,472 USD

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• ClassPass credits.
• Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health.
• Other discounts and perks.

Additional Information

U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.