Senior Dynamics Engineer

K2 Space Corporation·Los Angeles, CA·25 авг.

Senior Dynamics Engineer

11 667 – 14 583 $

≈ 1 млн–1,3 млн ₽

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11 667 – 14 583 $≈ 1 млн–1,3 млн ₽

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Наша компания

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price — and with over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space. The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an

О роли

With multiple launches in 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're Building Bigger — helping develop the solar system and build toward a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a high-growth Series D-funded company, we'd love for you to apply.

Чем предстоит заниматься

As a member of our growing dynamics team, you will help own the successful derivation of loads and environments for K2 Space satellites during ground transportation, launch, deployment, and on-orbit operation. You will build software tools and establish simulation workflows to support a variety of analyses in frequency and time domains. Within your first couple of months you will devise development testing to correlate physics models with measured data. You will also own qualification and acceptance testing of satellite hardware at the component and vehicle level. As we continue to refine our designs and scale for the future you will be responsible for delivering well-derived requirements and engineering insights to make reliable and mass-producible spacecraft

Drive the definition and execution of dynamic testing at the component, subsystem, and vehicle level, including test planning and coordination, test analysis, and model correlation

Innovate on cross-disciplinary analysis and test methodologies

Evolve spacecraft dynamics approaches to optimize for the company’s business

Develop time- and frequency-domain physics models using finite element analysis (e.g., Nastran) and custom-built software (e.g., Python)

Create software tools to support data processing and simulation frameworks

Collaborate with design engineers, analysts, and external customers to develop payload products

Perform code reviews for simulation and analysis tools

Utilize analysis and test to provide data-driven engineering guidance and decisions

Write high quality technical documentation of tests and simulations

Derive loads, environments, and other dynamics-driven design and test criteria, including vibration, shock, and jitter maximum predicted environments and response-limit derivation (e.g., NASA 7004C)

Own coupled loads analysis (CLA), including superelement/Craig-Bampton model builds for ascent and on-orbit dynamic environments, through test-level definition

Lead jitter and pointing performance analysis, including Monte Carlo dispersion modeling and dynamic coupling with GNC control loops

Direct vibroacoustic analysis, including patch-method framework development, and lead acoustic testing of the vehicle

Drive definition of vehicle- and stack-level modal test and analysis methodologies, including ground and flight test correlation

Наши требования

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics

5+ years of work experience in dynamics from industry or academia

Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or mathematics

Strong understanding of low and high frequency dynamics (vibration, acoustics, shock, modal testing)

Deep experience with testing and measurements

Deep experience with finite element analysis software (e.g. FEMAP, Nastran)

Strong experience in software development in Python

Deep knowledge of digital signal processing, statistics, and structural mechanics

Capable of identifying and solving complex problems with little to no supervision or direction

Excellent communication skills of analysis and test insights

Ability to work in a fast-paced, unstructured start-up environment

Experience with coupled loads analysis (CLA) and Craig-Bampton/superelement model reduction techniques

Experience with jitter and pointing performance analysis, including Monte Carlo methods for dispersion modeling

Familiarity with rigid-body dynamics and GNC-coupled analysis, including dynamic coupling with controllers and pointing impacts

Experience with multibody dynamics simulation, including rigid-body dynamics and familiarity with Lagrangian formulations; familiarity with LS-DYNA is a plus

Experience with vibroacoustic analysis (e.g., patch, diffuse-field, Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA, e.g., Wave6), or Boundary Element Method (BEM))

Familiarity with HALT/HASS testing and dynamics-driven PCBA-level failure mechanisms (e.g., solder joint fatigue, component lead flexure)

Experience building and maintaining shared analysis tooling, including version control and continuous-integration practices

Мы предлагаем

Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level

Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks

If you don’t meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

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Дополнительно

Base salary range for this role is $140,000 - $175,000 + equity in the company

K2 Space Corporation

Los Angeles, CA

ГрейдSenior

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Опубликовано25 авг.

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