K2 Space Principal Dynamics Engineer at K2spacecorporation responsible for loads and environments derivation for satellites during all mission phases. Develops software tools and simulation workflows for frequency and time domain analyses.
Responsibilities
As a technical leader on our growing dynamics team, you will own the successful derivation of loads and environments for K2 Space satellites during ground transportation, launch, deployment, and on-orbit operation. You will build software tools and establish simulation workflows to support a variety of analyses in frequency and time domains. Within your first couple of months, you will devise development testing to correlate physics models with measured data. You will also own qualification and acceptance testing of satellite hardware at the component and vehicle level. As we continue to refine our designs and scale for the future, you will set technical direction, mentor junior engineers, and deliver well-derived requirements and engineering insights to make reliable and mass-producible spacecraft.
Drive the definition and execution of dynamic testing at the component, subsystem, vehicle, and stack level, including test planning and coordination, test analysis, and model correlation
Lead innovation on cross-disciplinary analysis and test methodologies
Own and evolve spacecraft dynamics approaches to optimize for the company’s business
Develop time- and frequency-domain physics models using finite element analysis (e.g., Nastran) and custom-built software (e.g., Python), and set technical direction for shared analysis tooling, including version control and continuous-integration practices for analysis and test-data pipelines
Create software tools to support data processing and simulation frameworks
Collaborate with design engineers, analysts, and external customers to develop payload products
Apply first principles in developing frameworks for both dynamics and non-dynamics analyses
Lead code reviews for simulation and analysis tools
Utilize analysis and test to provide data-driven engineering guidance and decisions
Write high quality technical documentation of tests and simulations
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level dynamics engineers, contributing to the growth of the analysis team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
8+ years of work experience in dynamics from industry or academia
Preferred
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.
