Loads and Dynamics Analyst (Level V)

Job description

**Description:** Lockheed Martin Space is seeking an **experienced Loads and Dynamics Analyst** to join our team in **King of Prussia, PA** !
As a Senior Staff Loads & Dynamics Analyst, you will serve as a technical authority for loads and dynamics across reentry systems programs.

You will have the ability to lead high‑impact, innovative structural‑dynamic analyses and represent the Loads and Dynamics team in meetings with customers, DOE partners, and program management.

Operating with broad discretion, you will influence long‑range plans and development strategies, guide major program milestones, and ensure that our solutions set industry standards while protecting the organization’s reputation and business objectives.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Lead end‑to‑end structural‑dynamic programs for reentry flight hardware, including the development of loads, shock, vibration and acoustic environments at both primary‑structure and component levels.
• Create, validate, and maintain high‑fidelity models (in‑house and commercial tools such as Abaqus, NX/Nastran, ADAMS, Wave6) that capture mechanical loading, mechanism deployment, and separation‑event responses; generate super‑element and flexible‑body models to streamline the dynamic workflow.
• Define, plan, and execute test campaigns (static, modal, separation dynamics, vibration, shock) – from requirement development and test‑plan authoring through test monitoring, data‑reduction, and post‑test reporting.
• Integrate analysis and test data using signal‑processing and data‑analysis software (MATLAB, Python) to produce accurate comparisons, identify discrepancies, and refine models.
• Produce technical documentation and deliverables (user guides, data packages, test reports) that support peer and customer reviews; present findings to engineering teams, customers, and program office personnel at design‑review and technical‑interchange meetings.
• Interpret and flow down program requirements, develop work‑breakdown plans, and oversee budget and schedule tracking to minimize cost and cycle time while ensuring compliance with organizational objectives.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison for advanced dynamic‑analysis projects, providing expert advice to internal stakeholders and external customers, and driving innovation across the program.
**Basic Qualifications:**
• Experience in mechanical analysis, including finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), or classical hand calculations
• Proficiency in application of FEA principles as well as rigid and flexible body models.
• Knowledge of spacecraft or aircraft structural dynamic methods and testing.
• Static, vibration, acoustic, modal, or shock analysis/test experience.
• Must be a US Citizen, and have the ability to obtain a Secret clearance
**Desired Skills:**
• A Bachelor’s or Master's degree in mechanical or aerospace program
• Experience using rigid body or flexible body analysis methods
• Experience with coupled loads analysis and the supererelement method (ie: Craig-Bampton)
• Experience with Abaqus, NX/Nastran, Matlab, ADAMS, Wave6, and Python
• Experience leading a team of analysts and collaborating with other teams and disciplines
• Mechanisms, antenna, electronic component, ground support, hoisting, and test support equipment, and composite materials analysis experience
• Utilize software for signal processing and post test data analysis
• Ability and desire to assume ownership of tasks and drive to closure quickly and efficiently
• Creativity/innovation to tackle issues related to anomalous performance of any aspect of a mechanical system
• Ability to work in a collaborative and highly integrated team environment
• Active Secret Clearance
**Security Clearance Statement:** This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
**Clearance Level:** Secret
**Other Important Information You Should Know**
**Expression of Interest:** By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.

Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
**Ability to Work Remotely:** Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
**Work Schedules:** Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees.

Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed.

These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
**Schedule for this Position:** 9x80 every other Friday off
**Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.**
**The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.**
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility.

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role.

Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
**Experience Level:** Experienced Professional
**Business Unit:** SPACE
**Relocation Available:** Possible
**Career Area:** Mechanical Engineering
**Type:** Full-Time
**Shift:** First

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