POSITION PURPOSE
The Principal Engineer, Structural Dynamics & Vibration serves as BAC’s global technical authority in vibration dynamic system behavior.
This role defines advances the company’s analytical experimental vibration capability, establishing technical standards, predictive models, design methodologies that ensure structural robustness, reliability, performance consistency across all product platforms.
The position operates at a strategic highly independent level — integrating vibration engineering principles BAC’s product architecture, manufacturing processes, validation frameworks. The engineer provides leadership across new product development (NPI), sustaining engineering, field performance improvement, ensuring BAC remains an industry leader in vibration control structural dynamics.
NATURE & SCOPE
Reports to the Global Engineering Chief Engineer, Structural Systems.
The position functions as the technical leader company-wide subject matter expert fstructural dynamics, vibration, rotating system behavior. It influences product design direction, sets internal vibration standards, supports innovation initiatives across global & regional engineering teams.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Define lead BAC’s global vibration structural dynamics strategy, integrating advanced analysis testing product development validation processes.
• Establish internal technical standards best practices fvibration modeling, testing, acceptance criteria across product lines.
• Develop predictive physics-based models (analytical empirical) to anticipate dynamic responses, optimize structural performance, guide design tradeoffs.
• Provide high-level technical consultation on complex vibration challenges across global programs, often involving unconventional novel approaches.
• Guide product architecture decisions to ensure vibration robustness early in the design cycle, balancing performance, manufacturability, cost efficiency.
• Oversee review FEA experimental vibration work performed by project engineers regional teams; ensure quality, consistency, correlation of models with test data.
• Menttrain engineers globally in dynamic analysis, test interpretation, vibration mitigation techniques to elevateganizational capability.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with design, structural, manufacturing engineering to embed vibration control product structures, components, assemblies.
• Lead innovation initiatives, identifying opportunities fpatentable methods, design improvements, new vibration control technologies.
• Represent BAC externally as a technical expert — participating in professional societies, presenting at industry conferences, contributing to standards development related to vibration structural dynamics.
• Support executive decision-making by providing high-level technical reports, risk assessments, feasibility evaluations fstrategic product initiatives.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Required Knowledge/Skills:
• Recognized expert with minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in structural dynamics, rotdynamics, vibration analysis of rotating structural systems.
• Advanced proficiency with FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, equivalent) fdynamic, harmonic, transient simulations.
• Demonstrated ability to develop validate predictive models integrating test data, signal processing, analytical calculations.
• Expertise in experimental vibration methods—including modal analysis, operational deflection shape testing, root-cause diagnostics.
• Deep understanding of rotating machinery dynamics (unbalance, misalignment, gear/belt excitation, aerodynamic forcing, damping mechanisms).
• Proven record of guiding design teams in implementing vibration mitigation strategies that improve reliability, reduce warranty, enhance manufacturability.
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, equivalent fsignal processing, data analytics, model correlation.
• Excellent written verbal communication skills — capable of presenting complex engineering concepts to executives professional audiences.
Preferred Knowledge/Skills
• Familiarity with cold-formed fabricated steel structures their vibration characteristics.
• Familiarity with NVH principles acoustic correlation.
• Experience using Mathcad equivalent tools fanalytical vibration calculations.
• Knowledge of ASCE 7, AISC 360, AISI S100, related design codes preferred.
• Experience in HVAC, rotating equipment, industrial machinery design advantageous.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Travel as needed to regional engineering centers in Europe Asia, occasionally as needed to regional manufacturing facilities job sites.
WORKING CONDITIONS
• Working hours are the standard BAC 40 hours per week (8:30am-5:00pm with flexible start/finish times allowed).
• Travel, both domestically internationally, can be up to 15% of the time.
• Occasional evening/weekend hours required, although the work can often be done from home with the use of a portable computer a VPN connection.
• Primarily sedentary activity in the office will be experienced; however, periodic travel to BAC manufacturing facilities with mechanical assembly (medium work) lifting being required.
• Must have close visual acuity to work with computer systems virtual models
• Will typically be subjected to only indoconditions; however on occasional trips to BAC manufacturing facilities job sites, the individual may experience heat, cold, humidity, noise.
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