Impulse Space
Structural Dynamics Engineer
$120K–$180K
Redondo Beach, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years required; preferred: 6+ years hands-on dynamic structural testing.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering; a graduate degree (MS / PhD) is preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- 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.
About the job
Determines and validates structural loads and environments for spacecraft vehicles and subsystems, and develops models, simulations, and tests to assess dynamic performance.
What you'll do
- Determine critical loads and environmental conditions across launch, deployment, on-orbit operation, and ground handling.
- Develop finite element and reduced-order models, and simulate rigid-body deployment.
- Analyze and direct dynamic testing, correlate results, and communicate findings to engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
- 4+ years of structural dynamic analysis experience with high-performance systems.
- Proficiency with at least one industry-standard structural FEA package and experience solving structural dynamic or vibration-driven problems.
- Experience with time- and frequency-domain analysis, proficiency with Matlab, Python or similar applications, and CAD software.
Nice to have
- Graduate degree (MS / PhD) in engineering or related field working with numerical methods; 6+ years of hands-on dynamic structural testing experience.
- Experience with acoustic vibration analysis software such as VA One, launch vehicle or satellite development, or launch vehicle loads.
Pay
$120,000 - $180,000 / year (base salary)
Tools
Femap/Patran/NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus, Matlab, Python, VA One
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