Loads and Dynamics Engineer, Satellites

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $100,000–$135,000 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · Loads and Dynamics Engineer, Satellites

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The Loads and Dynamics Engineer, Satellites (Starlink) joins the team responsible for the dynamics of the world’s largest satellite constellation. This role focuses on low and high-frequency loads, vibration, and forcing functions for satellites during ground transportation, launch ascent, and on-orbit operation. The engineer will resolve dynamics problems through analysis and testing, including pre-test analysis, sensor installation, signal processing, and model correlation. Key responsibilities involve building finite element models, performing stress and fatigue analyses, and developing software tools and databases. Required skills include a bachelor's degree in physics, mathematics, or engineering, with preferred experience in NASTRAN, FEMAP, and vibration or shock testing. The position requires a strong intuition of the frequency domain to solve complex structural stability and failure mechanisms for satellite hardware.

Skills

Dynamics NASTRAN FEMAP Signal Processing Shock Testing Structural Analysis Data Analysis Database Design Software Programming Fatigue Analysis Test Planning

What you'll do

Resolve dynamics problems through analytical modeling and physical testing.
Execute dynamic testing from pre-test analysis and sensor installation to data processing.
Build and maintain finite element models for satellite components.
Perform structural, stress, and fatigue analyses using commercial and in-house codes.
Develop new software code and tools for dynamics analysis and database design.
Analyze signal processing and model correlation to improve satellite performance.
Conduct vibration and shock testing for ground transportation, launch, and on-orbit operations.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in physics, mathematics, or an engineering discipline.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.
1+ years of professional experience with dynamics (preferred).
Hands-on experience either analyzing data or building hardware (preferred).
Experience with vibration and shock testing (preferred).
Experience with NASTRAN (preferred).
Finite element modeling experience using FEMAP (preferred).
Working knowledge of structural analysis and test, including strength, stability, and fatigue failure mechanisms (preferred).

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