Senior Mechanical Engineer
Senior Mechanical Engineer Responsibilities: · Design of various pressure vessel types, and shapes to accommodate vehicle space allocation and integration envelope. · Design of fluid lines and flex elements for cryogenic and space application... · Drawing generation, including tolerance and GD&T setup. · Ownership of design release cycle, including drawings release, and DFM reviews. · Analysis of primary and secondary spacecraft pressure vessels · Integration of structural analysis with loads and dynamics environments · Finite Element Model development, refinement, validation, and correlation to tests · Strength checks and analysis report generation · Test and verification plan and report generation · Support configuration development and trade studies Minimum Qualifications: · Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering · 8+ years of experience in the prediction/validation of low and/or high-frequency structural dynamics and loads, in addition to finite element modeling · Solid foundation of structural static/dynamic fundamentals · Passion for spacecraft structural/environmental loads development/validation · Ability to solve a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools) · Experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or automotive in some of the following areas: o External loads o Vibro-acoustic analysis o Thermal Loading o Analysis using Nastran, Ansys, Abaqus, LS-Dyna, or Optistruct · Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion Preferred Qualifications: · COPV Pressure Vessel design and analysis · Metallic Pressure Vessel design and analysis · Fluids Lines design and analysis · Flex Elements design and anlysis · Composite design and analysis skills in any thermoset, thermoplastic, metal matrix and ceramic matrix composites · Manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization & allowable development · Experience testing materials, joints, components and vehicles · Structural optimization using standard industry codes (Optistruct, HyperSizer, Nastran Sol 200, etc) · Experience with ProEngineer Wildfire 4 / Creo Parametric or greater · Experience with ProEngineer Wildfire 4 / Creo Parametric or greater piping / routing module · Experience with Human spaceflight · Experience with composites · Experience with AIAA S-080 and S-081 · Experience with EJMA Ninth and Tenth Edition Job Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: $62.90 - $76.00 per hour Education: Bachelor's (Preferred) Work Location: Remote Apply Job!