Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. To deliver on that mission, Amazon is looking for talented candidates who combine superb technical, research and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. We’re looking for people who innovate and love solving hard problems and building hardware. You will work hard, have fun, and make history! This senior structural dynamics engineer must have a successful background in spacecraft development, and is a domain expert in structural and dynamics analysis (modal, sine, transient, random vibration, acoustic, shock, multi body dynamics), system test, data correlation and model validation. The ideal candidate has a history of supporting spacecraft structural architecture trades, working with a multidisciplinary team to define
· MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Material Sciences. · 7+ years of experience in the design and structural/dynamics analysis of complex structures · Full cycle development experience with; architecture trades, detailed subsystem and vehicle level analyses, build and test, validate, qualify, fly and deploy. · Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with commercial tools such as ANSYS, NASTRAN, FEMAP, ABAQUS LS-DYAN, ADAMS · Programming experience in Python/Matlab/C/C++ · 7+ years of experience in structural testing and validation/qualification of analysis models · Experience