Stress Analyst

KODA Technologies•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

KODA is a people-first company and a three-time Fortune Best Workplace®, Great Place to Work® certified, a Best Place for Working Parents®, and a seven-time Huntsville Best Places to Work® winner. We're a small business making a big impact on national-priority missions in missile defense, hypersonics, DoD space, and civil space. At KODA, you'll find: Competitive pay & great benefits, Career growth & professional development, A culture of trust, integrity, and teamwork. The name KODA, meaning "allies," reflects our commitment to our people, our customers, and our community. Join us and build a career that matters! The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting stress analysis of electronic enclosures in modal, static structural, and shock simulations. They will utilize standard design principles to meet structural design requirements, generate stress analysis products to support data packages, peer reviews, and external customer reviews, and use classical stress and strain methods and software to predict structural integrity and failure and design flight components. The role involves selecting and/or modifying proven methods, mathematical formulas, previous design and test information, handbook data or other available information related to the assignment, and producing engineering documentation and technical reports/analyses to support design, integration, and testing efforts. The candidate will also conduct trade studies and develop component specifications and procedures, and interact with component analysis, manufacturing, project engineering, quality, and customer support groups. This position requires planning and executing design tasks with limited general direction and working effectively within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment. Work is reviewed by senior staff.

Requirements

Strong structural analysis background with demonstrated work experience.
Familiarity with finite element (FEM) analysis and classical stress and strain methodology (for example: engineering statics, and structural mechanics, including hand calculations).
U.S. Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Experience with ANSYS Mechanical and Mathcad
Experience with CREO design
Experience performing FEM dynamic analysis of electronic enclosures

Responsibilities

Conduct stress analysis of electronic enclosures in modal, static structural, and shock simulations.
Utilize standard design principles to meet structural design requirements.
Generating stress analysis products to support data packages, peer reviews, and external customer reviews.
Use classical stress and strain methods and software to predict structural integrity and failure and design flight components.
Select and/or modify proven methods, mathematical formulas, previous design and test information, handbook data or other available information related to the assignment.
Produce engineering documentation and technical reports/analyses to support design, integration, and testing efforts.
Conduct trade studies and develop component specifications and procedures.
Interact with component analysis, manufacturing, project engineering, quality and customer support groups.
Plan and execute design tasks with limited general direction and work effectively within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment.