Senior Dynamics EngineerActive

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access to space. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of…

What you'll do

• Predict and define vibration environments across the vehicle using finite: element analysis and analytical methods

• Perform sophisticated dynamic simulations including modal, acoustic, random: vibration, sine harmonic, and transient analyses

• Specify and review instrumentation (accelerometers, strain gauges,: thermocouples, etc.) locations on the vehicle to monitor in-flight environments

• Define test requirements and directly support testing and qualification campaigns for vehicle subsystems

• Process and interpret static and dynamic ground test and flight data,: validating correlation with numerical predictions

• Collaborate closely with avionics, design, and propulsion teams to determine: optimal mounting strategies for different components

What they're looking for

• Validate and document structural analyses of primary and secondary launch: vehicle structures, including FEM verification, material selection, and mass optimization
• Help implement new theory and tools within the team and establish best: practices in dynamics and load derivation
• Conduct peer reviews of analyses and mentor junior engineers
• Maintain documentation of test environments and qualification status for vehicle components