Standard Job Description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more - we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.
Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

• Conduct structural dynamics analyses that shape the performance and survivability of missile and spacecraft flight hardware, from early concept through flight.
• Develop and maintain dynamic models using both in-house and industry-standard tools to simulate mechanical loads, environments, and functionality.
• Partner across multidisciplinary engineering teams to perform design trades, evaluate architecture decisions, and ensure requirements and objectives are met throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support static and dynamic testing, and post-test data reduction and correlation efforts.
• Deliver high-quality analysis products and documentation.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Researches, plans, designs and develops mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Applies research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Structural Engineering or similar technical field (Physics, Mathematics, etc.)
• Experience conducting dynamics analyses that could include, but are not limited to, quasi-statics, shock, random vibration, sine vibration, vibro-acoustic, and/or multi-body dynamics
• Experience with programming and scripting using Matlab, Python, or equivalent
• Willingness/ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance; US Citizenship Required

Desired Skills

• Master’s degree or PhD in Aerospace, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering with professional structural dynamics experience
• Experience building and correlating dynamics models with test data for model validation
• Excellent communication skills-both written and verbal, self-motivated, and able and willing to support multiple projects