Mechanical Design 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
• 2 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)
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or automotive in some of the following areas:

• External loads
• Vibro-acoustic analysis
• Thermal Loading
• Analysis using Nastran, Ansys, Abaqus, LS-Dyna, or Opti-struct

Preferred Qualifications:

• COPV Pressure Vessel design and analysis
• Metallic Pressure Vessel design and analysis
• Fluids Lines design and analysis
• Flex Elements design and analysis
• 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 Pro Engineer Wildfire 4 / Creo Parametric or greater
• Experience with Pro Engineer 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