Specialist, Mechanical Engineer - Dynamics Analyst; Space Optical Systems

Job Title

Specialist, Mechanical Engineer - Dynamics Analyst (Space Optical Systems)

37544

Rochester NY

9/80 (Every other Friday off!)

Relocation assistance is available for qualified applicants

Dynamics Analyst (GN&C/ACS/Controls/LOS/Jitter)

L3

Harris is seeking a highly skilled Dynamics Analyst to perform design, analysis, modeling, and testing of high-performance controls for electro-mechanical and optical-mechanical systems with focus on Attitude Control Systems, Controls, LOS/Jitter, and/or dynamic testing. The analyst will use their experience to model, analyze and simulate dynamic systems, utilizing methodologies for a variety of dynamic systems, but with a primary focus on system-level interdisciplinary electro-mechanical optical systems.

This includes, but is not limited to, actuated optical systems, high bandwidth steering mirror control, multidisciplinary system modeling and characterization, image stabilization, and closed loop state estimation.

• Control Theory:
  Applying classical and modern control theory concepts such as stability, feedback control, and robustness. Utilizing analysis tools like Bode, Nyquist, Nichols, pole-zero plots, root-locus, and frequency-response analysis.
• Control Systems:
  Conducting analysis, synthesis, development, and implementation of feedback control systems. This includes developing models as state-variable equations, transfer functions, and/or block diagrams to determine dynamic systems characteristics, and analyzing both time and frequency responses.
• Structural Dynamics and Vibration Analysis:
  Performing structural dynamics and vibration analysis, including random vibration and acoustic analysis, design, measurement, and computation of multi-degree-of-freedom systems.
• Computational Methods:
  Employing finite-element-based computational methods, dynamic testing methods, and modal analysis (both analytical and experimental).
• Optical Performance Analysis:
  Evaluating system-level optical performance related to pointing, smear, and jitter.
• Digital Signal Processing:
  Applying fundamental concepts and techniques of digital signal processing theory and its applications, including discrete-time signals, systems, and modern digital processing algorithms for both time-domain and frequency-domain methods.

• Model control systems as part of larger system simulations for electro-mechanical and opto-mechanical hardware
• Line-of-sight (LOS) control, attitude control, servo control, Kalman filtering
• Algorithm development, implementation, flight software development, mission simulation, verification and validation
• Multidisciplinary (hardware, electronics, and software) integrated system development and operation
• Dynamic stabilization solation, passive vibration control, active vibration control
• Model characterization and performance predictions valuations
• Modal andom Vibration coustic hock model predictions, testing and correlation
• Definition and documentation of system specifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related engineering or science degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Professional experience with dynamic stabilization solation, passive vibration control, active vibration control.
• 2+ years of experience using MATLAB and Simulink.
• Professional experience with algorithm development and implementation for aerospace applications
• Ability to obtain a U.S. TS/SCI Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI Clearance is preferred but not required
• Proficient in FE modeling and analysis tools, MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++
• Knowledge of astrodynamics principles relevant to remote sensing. Familiarity with space mission analysis and design impacts on remote sensing.
• Familiarity with key elements of modeling the end-to-end imaging chain of remote sensing systems, with particular focus on the LOS impacts on image quality.
• Preferred experience with real-time control implementation, and embedded C/C++…