Staff Dynamics Engineer at Vast

At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low-Earth orbit in 2026. It is part of our stepping stone approach to continuous human presence in team isall-in committed to executing our mission safely and on you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.Vast is looking for a Staff Dynamics Engineer reporting to the Senior Manager of Loads and Dynamicsto support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.This will be a full-time exempt position located in ourLong Beach location.The Structural Dynamics team is responsible for low and high-frequency load & environment predictions for all Vast space stations during ground transportation ascent and on-orbit operations. This role will be responsible for generating frequency-based design and test requirements in quasi-statics random vibrations shock and acoustics. Candidates should have strong skills in frequency domain analysis test planning and high-speed data processing.Responsibilities:Derive internal load and environment requirements from system level requirements.Assist product groups with vibration and shock requirement tailoring and test verification.Assess vendor hardware capabilities against in-house predictions.Develop post-processing tools for dynamic analyses and tests.Build maintain and correlate prediction models based on gathered test data.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering.4 years of professional experience in loads and environment prediction.Preferred Skills & Experience:Spacecraft and/or payload background with experience through the entire system lifecycle from concept design production integration test launch and operations.Hands-on test experience in vibration labs.Familiar with Femap/NASTRAN.Ability to explain structural dynamic concepts to other engineering functions.Working understanding of a design load cycle and how it relates to analysis and test.Knowledge of spacecraft launch load environments and industry standard documents (SMC-S-016 GSFC-STD-7000A MIL-STD-810G etc.).Additional Requirements:Ability to travel occasionally for out-of-house testing.Pay Range:Senior Dynamics Engineer: $135800 - $176400Staff Dynamics Engineer: $159100 - $205800Principal Dynamics Engineer: $184900 - $240100Salary Range: California$135800 - $240100 USDCOMPENSATION AND BENEFITSBase salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge education skills experience business needs and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks including: 100% medical dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff paid parental leave short and long-term disability insurance life insurance access to a 401(k) retirement plan One Medical membership ClassPass credits personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks with snacks drip coffee cold drinks and dinner meals remaining free of charge and lunch subsidized as part of Vasts ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUSThe person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls and therefore must either be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens U.S. nationals lawful permanent residents (green card holders) and asylees and refugees with such status granted not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITYVast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.Required Experience:Staff IC Key Skills Computer Science,Docker,Kubernetes,Python,VMware,C/C++,Go,System Architecture,gRPC,OS Kernels,Perl,Distributed Systems Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 184900 - 240100