Structural Dynamics Engineer

About the role

As a Structural Dynamics Engineer at Impulse, your core responsibility will be to determine and validate loads and environments for full vehicles and component subsystems. You will work closely with a fast-paced, agile team that strives to make a high-performance spacecraft from a clean sheet design.

Determine critical loads during launch, deployment, on-orbit operation, and ground handling
Generate and apply forcing functions for engine-borne dynamic excitation
Determine appropriate environments from vibration, acoustic, and shock sources
Develop and improve finite element models of primary structures and mechanisms
Develop and integrate Craig-Bampton reduced models for launch vehicle integration
Generate rigid-body deployment simulations and validate with deployment testing
Analyze and direct dynamic testing from pre-test analysis to post-test correlation
Effectively communicate results to Responsible Engineers and Designers and collaborate on improvements and solutions

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
4+ years of demonstrated experience with structural dynamic analysis of high performance systems
Proficient with at least one industry standard structural FEA package (Femap/Patran/NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus, etc.)
Demonstrated experience solving structural dynamic or vibration driven problems
Demonstrated experience with time and frequency domain analysis
Demonstrated proficiency with Matlab, Python or similar applications
Demonstrated proficiency with CAD software and the ability to learn new tools
Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns