FEA Engineer

CFD Research Corporation•Huntsville, AL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

CFD Research Corporation is adding a talented finite element engineer to our growing structural analysis team. The candidate will evaluate analyze and help design metallic and composite aerospace structures. The position is located at CFD Research’s Huntsville Headquarters, where the candidate will work closely with existing structural, fluid and thermal analysis teams to provide rapid design recommendations and assessments. The candidate is expected to interface regularly with Prototype, Test and Evaluation Division engineers located at the company’s Hollywood, AL Engineering Test Center. This will necessitate trips to Hollywood to support in-person meetings 3 times a month.

Requirements

US Citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance
Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Experience with Abaqus, Ansys or Nastran
Ability to create clear technical documentation and present results to stakeholders
Strong problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
Familiarity with running on a remote HPC cluster and submitting jobs to a bash scheduler.

Nice To Haves

An active secret security clearance
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on FEA
2+ years of FEA experience, preferably with Abaqus and Abaqus CAE
Experience with Solidworks
Familiarity with high-performance computing (HPC) and large-scale models
Experience with python for post processing of tabular data or the creation of automation macros
Experience with Python is a plus, both for post-processing and macro generation.

Responsibilities

Develop and validate linear and non-linear FEA models to assess safety margins and deflections.
Produce engineering reports and documentation in support of requirement verification and design reviews.
Interface regularly with Prototype, Test and Evaluation Division engineers.
Provide rapid design recommendations and assessments.