What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Structural Analyst & Dynamicist position at AST SpaceMobile?
Job Description
Job Description
AST SpaceMobile and our global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. Called SpaceMobile, this ultra-powerful network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G / 5G speeds everywhere on the planet – on land, at sea and in flight.
AST SpaceMobile and our global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. Called SpaceMobile, this ultra-powerful network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G / 5G speeds everywhere on the planet – on land, at sea and in flight.
Job Description :
The successful Staff Structural Analyst will work satellite mechanical / structure subsystem & payload non-recurring and recurring / sustaining efforts and activities including systems engineering, design, analysis, and testing.
The successful candidate will be innovative, creative, and challenge the status quo. He or she will work well in teams while also having the ability to lead a small team and to work assignments autonomously.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Mechanical analysis and design of space hardware. Preparation and review of system level strength & dynamic analyses to support trade studies, develop structure, mechanism, and component requirements. Define & execute mechanical testing requirements and procedures.
- Perform mechanical / structure system & satellite payload equipment trade studies to determine optimal system architecture in terms of the system simplicity, performance, mass, and cost.
- Develop and maintain mechanical / structure design documentation at system and payload equipment level : mechanical analysis reports, test procedures, and models.
- Troubleshoot and investigate component or subsystem anomalies and failures, perform root-cause analysis, and provide resolution.
- Develop mechanical / structure test plans and procedures, identify hardware needs, design of test set-ups.
- Technical support for production and testing of satellite structure and associated subsystems including structure Static Load Testing and vibration testing of equipment and Satellites.
- Review structural analyses for satellite subsystems
- Manage environmental specification for mechanical environments.
- Define system test requirements. Support system mechanical testing in Midland TX or outside facilities
Qualifications :
AST SpaceMobile is an Equal Opportunity, at will Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin / ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
