Stratolaunch · 1 day ago
Environments Engineer
Stratolaunch is a technology accelerator focused on hypersonic testing and innovation for national security. They are seeking a Senior, Staff, or Principal Environmental Analysis Engineer to develop environmental test levels and collaborate with various engineering disciplines to ensure mission success for hypersonic vehicles and carrier aircraft platforms.
AerospaceInnovation ManagementManufacturing
Responsibilities
Analytically develop environmental test levels such as random vibration, thermal, and shock
Use existing test standards to aid in the development of test levels
Recommend test level margins, and associated risk, to the program
Process flight test data and incorporate necessary changes into existing test levels and margins
Provide guidance to other analysis engineers across the company
Coordinate with engineers across a broad spectrum of disciplines to understand requirements and engineer technical solutions
Coordinate with suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure technical and programmatic requirements are met
Coordinate with external customers to support range integration, launch license applications, safety documentation and analyses, and payload integration
Create presentations and support design reviews throughout vehicle development
Evaluate risks and risk mitigation plans to determine if the risks and mitigations are appropriate
Regular and comprehensive communication to the program lead on a weekly and monthly basis
Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
Travel, as needed, to support the department and customer meetings
Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments
Qualification
Required
Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: random vibration, thermal, and shock test level predictions
Experience with creating PSDs and SRSs from time history accelerometer data
Experience with environmental test standards MIL-STD-810, SMC-S-016, DO-160, or RCC-319-19
Experience with test level margins such as uncertainty, workmanship, and qualification
Experience with fatigue-based time-scaling equivalence for vibration testing
Experience with performing the analysis to compare vibration PSD to SRS
Knowledge of fatigue damage spectrum and rainflow cycle counting
Excellent written communication and documentation skills
Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
Complex aerospace system development
Experience in Matlab or equivalent
MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 20-25 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Preferred
Experience with Tom Irvine's Vibration data techniques, methods, and code
Experience with flight termination system requirements such as test level margins
Experience with Ground Vibration Testing (GVT)
Experience with being on a Mission Control Center console during flight operations
Security clearance
Symvionics IADS
Finite Element Analysis tools
Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)
Benefits
Relocation eligible to local area – Mojave, CA
9/80 schedule
Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs)
Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
50% company match per contributed dollar into 401(k) savings plan, up to $11,500
Tuition reimbursement
Company
Stratolaunch
Stratolaunch designs, manufactures, and launches aerospace vehicles and technologies to fulfill several important national needs, including the need for reliable, routine access to space and the need to significantly advance the nation’s ability to design and operate hypersonic vehicles.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$24.7MKey Investors
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
2025-01-09Grant· $24.7M
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