1X Technologies
Staff Loads & Dynamics Engineer
$207K–$253K
San Carlos, CA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive experience required; no number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
About the job
Owns structural dynamics and validation for robotic subsystems, ensuring designs meet real-world requirements for durability, vibration, shock, acoustic performance, and control stability.
What you'll do
- Define representative load cases and develop validated structural dynamics, shock, and vibration models correlated with test data.
- Lead structural validation, including instrumentation, data acquisition, testing, model correlation, and reporting.
- Investigate structural dynamics issues and recommend improvements to durability, NVH performance, and control stability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Extensive experience in structural dynamics, vibration analysis, durability engineering, or mechanical validation.
- Experience developing correlated analytical and experimental structural models and executing instrumentation, test setups, and data acquisition campaigns.
- Experience with finite element analysis (FEA) and structural simulation tools; strong understanding of modal analysis, frequency response, shock, vibration, fatigue, and structural validation.
Nice to have
- Experience with robotic, automotive, aerospace, or other highly dynamic electromechanical systems.
- Familiarity with acoustic noise reduction, advanced NVH optimization, or supporting controls teams with structural dynamics characterization and stability troubleshooting.
Pay
$207,000 – $253,000 USD base salary
Tools
finite element analysis (FEA)
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