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Senior Dynamics Engineer

Los Angeles💼 Full-time💰 $140,000–$140,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Derive loads and environments for high-power satellites during ground transportation, launch, deployment, and on-orbit operation; build simulation workflows and software tools for dynamics analysis.

Role type

Senior Dynamics Engineer (Space Systems)

Builds

High-power satellite platforms for LEO to deep space missions

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Dynamics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Finite element analysis (Nastran, FEMAP), Python software development, coupled loads analysis (CLA), Craig-Bampton model reduction, jitter and pointing performance analysis, vibroacoustic analysis, modal test methodology, digital signal processing, structural mechanics

Preferred skills

Multibody dynamics simulation (Lagrangian formulations, LS-DYNA), Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA), HALT/HASS testing, GNC-coupled analysis, version control and CI practices

Technologies

Nastran, Python, FEMAP, LS-DYNA, Wave6

Responsibilities

Drive definition and execution of dynamic testing at component, subsystem, and vehicle levels; develop time- and frequency-domain physics models; create software tools for data processing and simulation; perform code reviews for analysis tools; derive loads, environments, and design criteria (vibration, shock, jitter); lead jitter, pointing, and vibroacoustic analyses; write technical documentation for tests and simulations.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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