Solid Rocket Motor Thermostructures Engineer

Job Summary

The Vehicle Systems Division (VSD) sits at the center of the ideas and data behind current and future systems supplying innovative research and development; technical evaluations during the acquisition process; conceptual and detailed design; assembly integration and test; and operational support. Comprised primarily of highlytrained mechanical and aerospace engineers VSD provides national expertise in the areas of vehicle engineering; guidance navigation and controls; robotics; electromechanical devices; embedded systems; fluid mechanics; propulsion; thermal control; mechanisms; structures; structural dynamics; and dynamic environments.

The Vehicle Shock and Vibration Section provides technical expertise in the field of dynamic environments to a wide variety of launch and space programs in the defense and civil sectors. We specialize in test support and hardware issue disposition standards development technical risk assessments review and independent generation of environmental design criteria time and frequency domain signal analysis and vibroacoustic analysis. Support ranges from longlead projects to rapid turn requests requiring quick engineering judgement and hardware intuition.

Our team is seeking a Vibroacoustics and Shock EngineerSenior Member of Technical Staff/Engineering Specialist Aeronautical and Acoustics Engineering to proactively expand and implement its vision for test practice and technical support to get in front of industry and to increase its collaboration across technical disciplines within and outside of the organization.

Work Model

This is a fulltime position based in El Segundo CA offering a hybrid work model that combines 34 regular onsite workdays and remote flexibility as the business needs allow.

What Youll Be Doing

• Proactively identify areas of necessary development in environmental standards or analysis work with management and engage teams to execute

• Lead technical assessments and serve as point of contact on multiple programs/projects coordinate and contribute to work within and outside of core team

• Proficiency in dynamic environments testing and instrumentation selection/setup

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to staff

• Contribute to engagement with industry and command media updates to test philosophy and recommended practice for newer systems coming online in defense and civil sectors

• Initiate outreach to other engineering departments and program offices to help solicit collaborative efforts and funding to advance the teams technical and standards development work

• Present technical and project status briefings to management internal and external customers and contractors

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements for the Vibroacoustics and Shock EngineerSenior Member of Technical Staff Aeronautical and Acoustics Engineering:

• Masters degree in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering or a related technical field is required

• A minimum of 5 years of increasingly responsible professional or industry experience is required

• Experience in dynamic environments testing and instrumentation selection/setup

• Working knowledge of finite element analysis approach and other computational methods for the solution of problems in structural dynamics and vibroacoustics

• Working knowledge of statistical energy analysis and boundary element analysis

• Experience in data processing and spectral analysis of dynamic signals

• Familiarity with Falcon 9 launch vehicle dynamic environments and analysis processes

• Ability to present results effectively in briefings and technical reports to teams management program offices Air Force and industry contractors

• Familiarity with Python programming language

• Willing to travel occasionally to work location or customer site/domestically/internationally approx. 20

• This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is to obtain a security clearance

In addition to the above the minimum requirements for the Vibroacoustics and Shock Engineer Engineering Specialist Aeronautical and Acoustics Engineering:

• Advanced degree in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering or a related technical field is required

• A minimum of 8 years of increasingly responsible professional or industry experience is required

• Strong problemsolving skills both independently and in a team setting ability to discern level of depth required to solve a given problem for a given program

• Demonstration of dynamic environments technical assessments and standards tailoring made in conjunction with outside disciplines

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Proficiency in commercial vibroacoustic and finite element analysis tools such as Wave6 VA One FEMAP Hypermesh or NASTRAN

• Experience in analytical methods to solve problems in vibroacoustics and shock

• Handson hardware experience at or outside of workplace

• The ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance which is issued by the U.S. government is strongly preferred. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance