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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· 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 Now