Mechanical Dynamics Associate Manager

About the role

In your role as an Associate Manager in the Structural Analysis Department, you will focus on meeting technical program requirements while ensuring products are delivered on time and within budget. You will lead both preliminary and detailed dynamic analyses of spacecraft and missile structures using advanced tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of dynamic analysts in modal and loads analysis, environment assessment support, rigid and flex body separation and deployment analysis, and mechanical survivability and hardening analysis, while supporting multiple programs and business areas.
• Provide mentorship, training, and career development for a team of 4–7 employees.
• Represent the organization in design reviews and in engagements with external contractors and customers.
• Support the definition and execution of dynamic testing, including requirements development, progress tracking, data reduction, and comparison of test results with analytical models—while accounting for related mechanical factors such as thermal effects, material behavior, and overall system-level requirements.

Requirements

• Demonstrated understanding of structural dynamics gained through education, hands-on practical experience, or a combination of both.
• Experience working with dynamic loads and environments, including exposure to testing methods, analytical approaches, and mechanical systems or joint behavior.
• Familiarity with modeling and simulation techniques, such as finite element methods and lumped-parameter representations of rigid and flexible systems.
• Proven ability to lead or coordinate teams, with skills in organizing work, motivating others, and guiding engineering efforts.
• Willingness/ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance; US Citizenship required.

Skills

• Thrives in a collaborative, cross-functional engineering environment with strong team integration.
• Demonstrates ownership mindset—drives tasks from initiation through rapid, efficient closure.
• Experienced in evaluating and validating designs using both rigid-body and flexible-body analysis techniques.
• Broad background analyzing mechanisms, antennas, electronic components, ground support equipment, hoisting systems, test support hardware, and composite structures.
• Proficient with industry-standard tools such as NX/Nastran, Abaqus, ADAMS, LS-DYNA, MATLAB, Mathcad, and CREO.
• Hands-on experience with static, vibration, acoustic, modal, and shock testing of aerospace flight hardware.
• Applies creative and innovative problem-solving to diagnose and resolve anomalous mechanical system performance.
• Committed to mentoring and developing junior analysts.
• Holds an active or current Top Secret security clearance (desired).

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $118,000.00 - $219,100.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (performance-based, not guaranteed)

For Washington state applicants only: Non-represented full-time employees accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.