Mechanical & Dynamics Engineer

Overview

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Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience performing structural analysis in the space industry.
• Understanding of force-limiting techniques.
• Pragmatic vibration testing experience (provision of pre-test inputs, test oversight, data reduction).
• FEA experience at Spacecraft level. Expert-level knowledge of at least one solver and pre-/post-processor package and cursory knowledge of others (Femap, Patran, Nastran, ANSYS, etc).
• Experience correlating FEA models to vibration test outputs.
• Can concisely document analysis and test findings in report format.
• Possess strong communication and organizational skills.
• System-level thinking and approach to problem-solving.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to perform Craig Bampton (CB) model reduction for launch authorities.
• Proficient with CAD tools (Solidworks or similar).
• Experience designing satellites or other space H/W.
• Thermal design and/or analysis experience. Use of ESATAN or Systema-Thermica would be an advantage.
• Proven experience in optical payloads integration, or other use-cases where alignment and tolerances are design drivers.
• Orbitworks’ mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space.
• Building on Loft Orbital’s heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites.
• Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.