What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Dynamics Engineer position at Inversion?
What You’ll Do
The Senior Dynamics Engineer will be the full-scope owner of spacecraft loads and dynamics analysis on Inversion’s Arc vehicle. This role will be the first dynamics and loads position for the Arc Reentry team and will be responsible for building and maintaining a Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA) vehicle model, developing random vibration models, creating and maintaining load indicators for vehicle trajectories, multibody dynamics analysis, and more. On a day-to-day basis, the senior dynamics engineer will be the responsible engineering owner of all top-level spacecraft loads and dynamics analysis, interfacing with all teams across the company including structures, avionics, GNC, and propulsion as the primary point of contact for loads and dynamics. The senior dynamics engineer will interface with individual hardware owners to enable them to build breakout analysis models of components and subassemblies. This is a unique opportunity to work on the early stages of a novel reentry vehicle, including defining vehicle architecture and creatively solving new design challenges. This role will have the ability to help shape and define the dynamics and loads department at the company.
Required Qualifications
The Senior Dynamics Engineer will be the full-scope owner of spacecraft loads and dynamics analysis on Inversion’s Arc vehicle. This role will be the first dynamics and loads position for the Arc Reentry team and will be responsible for building and maintaining a Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA) vehicle model, developing random vibration models, creating and maintaining load indicators for vehicle trajectories, multibody dynamics analysis, and more. On a day-to-day basis, the senior dynamics engineer will be the responsible engineering owner of all top-level spacecraft loads and dynamics analysis, interfacing with all teams across the company including structures, avionics, GNC, and propulsion as the primary point of contact for loads and dynamics. The senior dynamics engineer will interface with individual hardware owners to enable them to build breakout analysis models of components and subassemblies. This is a unique opportunity to work on the early stages of a novel reentry vehicle, including defining vehicle architecture and creatively solving new design challenges. This role will have the ability to help shape and define the dynamics and loads department at the company.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field OR equivalent experience
- 8 years of applicable experience
- Experience building coupled loads analysis (CLA) models from scratch
- Development of static equivalent loads for detailed analysis derived from CLA
- Frequency-based generalized loads or mass acceleration curve (MAC) development from CLA
- Development of vibration and shock test levels and durations to meet qualification and acceptance test requirements
- Creation and tracking of trajectory-based loads and vehicle-level load indicators to ensure positive margins for key hardware components and interfaces
- Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, including prototyping and rapid iteration of new products
- Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills
- This position is onsite at Inversion HQ in Playa Vista, CA.
- Master’s degree or PhD in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field
- 10 years of applicable experience
- Prior experience in loads analysis and test of qualified space-flight hardware or human-rated spaceflight hardware
- Multibody dynamics analysis experience, including separation and deployment analysis
- Prior experience in a startup environment with a small, fast paced team
