Stress Analyst
About The Position
Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a Stress Analyst to join its team in Huntsville, Alabama, designing and analyzing aerospace and defense systems. The role performs stress analysis to support program design and works with designers, production teams, and test teams to verify requirements and put hardware into action. The position uses FEMAP and other engineering tools in a fast-paced environment with technical challenges. The role applies analytical methods, finite element models, simulations, calculations, and test-data reduction and correlation to evaluate structural and dynamic performance. It partners with design and manufacturing teams to deliver structures that meet performance, manufacturability, and schedule requirements. This is an in-office position with flexibility in schedule and work location; remote work is the exception rather than the norm.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET-accredited university and less than 2 years of experience.
- Demonstrated experience with a commercial finite element analysis tool, such as FEMAP/NX NASTRAN, PATRAN/MSC NASTRAN, ANSYS, or Abaqus.
- Strong technical writing, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment.
- Ability to work as part of a larger analysis team or as the sole analyst on a project.
- U.S. citizenship and a current Final Secret Clearance, or eligibility to obtain and maintain one.
- Residence in, or willingness to relocate to, the Huntsville, Alabama area.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or an equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university, with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- Advanced expertise in linear and nonlinear contact finite element analysis.
- Advanced expertise applying nonlinear material properties to finite element analysis and hand calculations.
- Advanced expertise in integrated multiphysics analysis.
- Advanced expertise in bolted joint and weld analysis.
- Advanced expertise in dynamics analysis, including modal, response spectrum, shock, and vibration.
- Advanced expertise in fatigue analysis.
- Advanced expertise in composite materials analysis.
- Advanced expertise in thermal analysis.
Responsibilities
- Apply analytical methods, finite element models, simulations, and other engineering tools to develop models and perform structural and dynamic analyses.
- Conduct engineering calculations, reduce test data, and correlate analysis results with test results.
- Partner with design and manufacturing teams to deliver high-performance structures that meet performance, manufacturability, and schedule requirements.
- Collaborate with designers and use FEMAP to help ensure designs meet requirements.
- Work with production teams to install hardware or verify requirements and with testing teams to test hardware.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
