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

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