K2 Space Dynamics Engineer at K2spacecorporation responsible for loads and environments derivation for satellites during transport, launch, and operation. Develop physics models and software tools to support simulation and testing.
Responsibilities
As a member of our growing dynamics team, you will help 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 be responsible for delivering well-derived requirements and engineering insights to make reliable and mass-producible spacecraft.
Support dynamic testing at the component and subsystem level, including test planning and coordination, test analysis, and model correlation
Develop physics models using finite element analysis (e.g., Nastran) or custom-built software (e.g., Python)
Create software tools to support data processing and simulation frameworks
Collaborate with design engineers, analysts, and external customers to develop satellite products
Apply first principles in developing frameworks for both dynamics and non-dynamics analyses
Contribute to 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 test and simulations
Support derivation of loads, environments, and other dynamics-driven design and test criteria, including vibration, shock, and jitter maximum predicted environments and response-limit derivation (e.g., NASA 7004C)
Support coupled loads analysis (CLA), including superelement/Craig-Bampton model builds
Assist with jitter and pointing performance analysis, including Monte Carlo dispersion modeling
Qualification
Required
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
1+ years of work experience in dynamics either from industry, research, internships or academic projects
Preferred
Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics
Strong understanding of low and high frequency dynamics (vibration, shock, modal testing)
Experience with testing and measurements
Experience with finite element analysis software (e.g. FEMAP, Nastran)
Software development experience in Python
Strong 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.
