Senior Staff Loads and Dynamics Engineer (Part-time)

Lockheed Martin Space is a leader in the aerospace industry, focusing on innovative solutions for space technologies. The Senior Staff Loads and Dynamics Engineer will conduct structural dynamics analysis for spacecraft flight hardware, ensuring they can withstand extreme launch and space environments. This part-time role involves developing analytical models, conducting loads development, and collaborating with multi-disciplined teams.

Responsibilities:

• Perform structural dynamics analysis for spacecraft flight hardware operating in demanding launch and space environments
• Develop and maintain analytical models using in-house and commercial software (such as Abaqus, NX/Nastran, ADAMS, Wave6) to simulate vibration, shock, and mechanical loading conditions
• Produce and maintain models generated from both in-house and commercially available software codes, that simulate mechanical loading conditions, mechanism deployment motions, and the response behavior of missile segment and spacecraft separation events
• Conduct loads development at the component, subsystem, and system level
• Evaluate dynamic environments including shock, vibration, and mechanism motion
• Analyze test data and document results in clear technical reports and presentations
• Define and integrate structural and dynamic requirements into the system baseline
• Present technical findings at design reviews, technical interchange meetings, engineering review boards, and test readiness reviews
• Have the ability to work on a multi-disciplined team performing structural design trades, preliminary and detailed design/analysis activity and performance and maintenance assessments of operational systems
• Perform loads development (primary structure and component level), shock and vibration environments determination and component and system level testing and data evaluation
• Prepare test plans; static, separation dynamics, vibration, modal and shock test execution, and post-test reports
• Support dynamic test definitions, requirements development, test monitoring, data reduction, and comparison to analysis efforts

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering or similar technical field
• Professional work experience performing structural dynamics analyses and loads/environments development for spacecraft, aircraft, or missiles
• Experience in finite element modeling and analysis using NX/NASTRAN, LS-Dyna, Wave6, or equivalent
• Experience in programming and use of MATLAB (or equivalent) for analysis and data manipulation
• Must be a US Citizen; with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance
• Must have an active Secret clearance to start
• A Master's degree is strongly preferred for this position
• Expertise in vibroacoustic and shock analyses on spacecraft/launch vehicles using Wave6
• Experience in the planning and execution of static, vibration, acoustic, modal, and shock testing for aerospace flight hardware
• Proficiency with structural dynamics rigid body and flexible body analyses of composite structures, metallic structures, and mechanisms
• Experience leading structural dynamics analyses while collaborating effectively with adjacent disciplines in a highly integrated team environment
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal, self-motivated, and able and willing to support multiple projects
• Top Secret DOD Clearance