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Dynamics Engineer – Falcon
| Company | SpaceX |
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| Location | West Athens, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $95000 – $130000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Junior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
- 1+ years of experience with structural dynamic analyses or system dynamics modeling (can be in a professional, academic, entrepreneurial, or hobby setting).
Responsibilities
- Resolve dynamics problems through hand calculations, analysis, tests, and the use of extensive flight data.
- Use flight data to monitor the health of our Falcon vehicle fleet, including engine performance.
- Execute dynamic testing from start-to-finish (pre-test planning, sensor selection & installation, testing, data and signal processing, and model correlation).
- Own system level analyses and drive hardware modifications or vehicle operations across vehicle engineering teams.
- Perform component and vehicle-level analyses using commercial and in-house codes as well as write new code.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience either analyzing data or building hardware.
- Experience with vibration and shock testing.
- Experience with NASTRAN (knowledge of DMAP programming a plus).
- Analytical/scientific programming experience, including data processing (Python and MATLAB preferred).
- Finite element modeling experience with at least one commercial FEA package (FEMAP experience a plus).
- Working knowledge of structural analysis and test, including a fundamental understanding of strength, stability and fatigue failure mechanisms.
