Loads and Dynamics Engineer, Air Vehicles

The Air Dominance and Strike Aerostructures Engineering Team is responsible for designing and analyzing advanced structural parts for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms. Air Dominance and Strike Structures Engineers own the full development lifecycle, from conceptual to detailed design and analysis of primary and secondary structures ensuring high-performance, resilient, and scalable mechanical systems that meet the demands of complex, contested environments.

- Develop structural loads analysis for multiple air vehicles and systems to ensure structural integrity under various flight and ground conditions

- Generate and maintain integrated dynamics FEMs for multiple vehicles for use in loads derivation, aeroelastic flutter and other analyses

- Conduct aeroelastic and aeroservoelastic studies to predict and verify aircraft behavior

- Conduct flutter analysis to inform vehicle design and ensure flight safety

- Generate flight loads data in accordance with MIL and FAR specifications, such as FAR 23, 25, JSSG-2006, and other relevant standards

- Collaborate with design engineers to develop structural optimization strategies based on loads analysis results

- Prepare detailed technical reports and present findings to internal teams, management, and external customers

- Develop and perform dynamics testing, including vibration testing, modal testing, GVT, etc.

- Define instrumentation and perform data processing for flight loads data acquisition

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or applied physics with a focus in structures

- 5+ years of experience in a structures, dynamics or loads related role with high ownership and accountability for hardware outcomes

- Deep understanding of statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, materials science, finite element analysis and dynamic testing

- Proficiency in Matlab, Python, or similar for developing analytical models, data acquisition and automation

- Self-directed, results oriented, and capable of working in a dynamic environment

- Excellent time management, organizational, and communication skills

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

- A prior focus on an aircraft flight loads, aeroelastic or flutter analysis (including transonic, supersonic or hypersonic flight), ground loads, or noise and vibration

- Familiarity developing loads or structural compliance for JSSG-2006, FAR 23, 25, or similar

- Structural or dynamics testing experience (system identification, sine, random, shock, flight) - sensor selection, data acquisition, data post-processing