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AST SpaceMobile

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

✈️ Travel

Consulting • Logistics • Travel

AST SpaceMobile is on a mission to create the first and only space-based cellular broadband network, aiming to provide uninterrupted coverage across the globe and eliminate connectivity gaps. Through innovative technology, they seek to make broadband accessible to all, partnering with mobile network operators to enhance global communication capabilities.

📋 Description

• Conduct structural analysis of space vehicles, define failure cases, and calculate margins of safety • Build finite element models and run static and quasi-static analysis cases for composite and metallic structures • Translate load states into static qualification testing of structural assemblies • Support architecture concept evaluation and lead trade studies • Disposition non-conformance issues • Participate in material and failure review boards • Work across disciplines on spacecraft structural analysis and design evaluation

🎯 Requirements

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field required • Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience in mechanical/structural analysis of spacecraft • FEMAP and NASTRAN expertise • Finite element modeling best practices • Experience using free body diagrams and top-level analysis to resolve and intuitively check computer-derived loads • Experience with composite space structures • Ability to identify critical loads for coupled loads analysis (CLA) • Complete knowledge of NASTRAN solution sequences, case control, and bulk data cards • Very strong competency in MS Excel and the broader MS Office suite • Excellent English written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work in a standard office environment and use a computer for extended periods • Ability to travel domestically and internationally • Must be a U.S. citizen to comply with U.S. ITAR regulations • Preferred: basic familiarity with dynamic loads and modal analysis • Preferred: ability to code using languages or toolset APIs • Preferred: experience with materials properties/databases and defining allowables • MATLAB and CAD packages preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity, at-will employer • Domestic and international travel • Opportunity to work on commercial and government space applications