Structural Analysis Engineer Jr.

KBR, Inc.•Greenbelt, MD

2d•$93,200 - $168,200•Remote

About The Position

KBR is seeking a mid-level Structural Analysis Engineer to join the Structural Engineering and Analysis team supporting NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Programs. This role will provide structural engineering, analysis, and test support for various aerospace projects including space telescopes, earth science satellites, Mars, Moon and asteroid science missions, robotic servicing missions, and associated mechanical ground support equipment. The engineer will work under the direction of a lead engineer.

Requirements

B.S. in Mechanical, Structural, Aerospace Engineering or related technical field.
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in structural analysis.
Structural and mechanical design, load/stress analysis, and experience in FEA.
Working knowledge of NASTRAN FEA Software and FEMAP (preferred) or PATRAN as FEA pre- and post-processor.
Experience performing engineering analyses and programming in Excel, MATLAB, Python or similar software.
US Citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Analysis of aerospace structural systems, materials, load paths under environments including quasi-static inertial, mechanical, vibro-acoustic, thermal, pressure, and shock.
Analysis experience with composite material structures in addition to metals, sandwich construction, plastics, mechanically fastened interfaces, bonded joints and welds.
Analysis of space flight hardware including spacecraft bus and instruments structures, deployables, mechanisms, components such as kinematic mounts, electronic boxes and boards, thermal control systems, optical benches as well as mechanical ground support equipment and test fixtures.
Documentation of structural analysis activities to generate reports, technical memos and presentation packages.
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Comfortable interacting with a wide variety of people at various levels.
On-site support is preferred but remote work may be possible if approved by the customer.

Responsibilities

Support development of flight hardware as part of a design team from preliminary through detailed design, drawing release, manufacturing, integration, testing, transportation, and launch.
Perform structural analyses using classical mechanics calculations and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to meet stiffness, strength, Structural Thermal Optical Performance (STOP), and other applicable structural requirements.
Generate Finite Element Models for normal modes, linear static and dynamic analyses to predict and improve structural response and stability as required.
Perform analysis for and support static and dynamic structural tests.
Prepare analysis reports and test documents.