Join our team of innovators and get a chance to work alongside a team of talented curious people that are passionate about designing and deploying solutions that are accelerating humanitys expansion into space. The talented innovators at Redwire Chantilly VA are looking to expand. The team is revolutionizing spaceflight and are currently developing missions with NASA the Department of Defense and commercial space companies. With many more exciting projects on the horizon our team could use your curiosity passion talent and experience to help us Build and Defend Above. We have a current opportunity for aSr. Modeling and Simulation Engineer in Chantilly VA Jacksonville FLor Littleton this role you will report to the Modeling and Simulation Principal Engineer and be part of a special applications group developing exquisite and cutting-edge missions. Responsibilities - Collaborate with systems engineering on requirements development and V&V
- Rapidly assess systems or approaches in support of Business Development and proposal writing
- Leverage simulation to assess new design modalities in spaceflight
- Demonstrate and evangelize for simulation-driven design
- Validate simulation results and methodology with physical test
- Responsible for building digital prototypes
- Proactively interface with multi-disciplinary team members to optimize whole system designs that meet or exceed all technical cost and schedule requirements
- Apply engineering principles to ensure that designed components and systems meet all requirements.
- Generate technical documentation reporting and presentations of design and analysis results.
- Design plan and deliver within milestones leveraging industry-standard tools to deliver mission needs
Ideal Experience - Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Physics or other related degree with 5 or more years of relevant experience
- Ability to independently learn and adapt to new tools on a regular basis
- Strong experience with industry-standard FEM tools like Abaqus NASTRAN or Ansys Mechanical
- Familiarity with thermal and fluid dynamics tools like Thermal Desktop Ansys Fluent Siemens Star CCM or OpenFoam
- Experience with diffuse flow/high-Kn simulation tools like NASA DAC MONACO or SPARTA
- Experience with space mission analysis tools like Redwire ACORN Ansys STK NASA GMAT or FreeFlyer
- Competence in Matlab or Python and associated scientific libraries (NumPy SciPy Pandas etc)
- Experience with convex optimization and machine learning to drive design characterization and multi-objective optimization
- Ability to travel - an average of 10-15% travel may be required.
- US Citizenship Required with the ability to obtain a DOD security clearance.
Desired Skills - 10 or more years experience in space industry including developing deploying and unit testing simulation workflows and best practices
- Systems/whole-picture thinking
- Experience with COMSOL or PTC MathCAD
- Experience with Ansys/Dynardo OptiSlang iSight or ModeFrontier
- The ability to teach and train other engineers interested in Modelling and Sim
- Self-motivated in applying engineering principles concepts and practices of mechanical / aerospace engineering to independently perform assignments.
- Experience with aerospace standards such as GSFC-STD-7000A (GEVS) NASA 5000 series MMPDS etc.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office 365
- Strong attention to detail with advanced verbal and written communication skills
- Experienced with SolidWorks PDM and CAD
- Ability to reference in Design for Manufacture (DFM) principles when making design recommendations
- A growth mindset
Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity Innovation Impact Inclusion and Excellence. Dont meet every single requirement above No worries. We want people who can grow collaborate and build a stronger team. We strive to build a diverse and inclusive culture so if youre excited about this job posting we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Redwire Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire Space is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. All offers of employment at Redwire Space are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR Click Here
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