Job Title: Sr. Specialist, Structural Analysis Engineer

Job Code: 17770

Job Location: Huntsville

Job Schedule: 9/80 schedule. Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

In this role, the Structural Engineering will utilize extensive technical expertise and specialized knowledge in the field of structural analysis of solid rocket components and systems. May manage projects or processes with general supervision. Communicates with contacts inside and outside of own department to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures. Recommends enhancements to systems and processes. Works to achieve operational targets for specific programs and projects with moderate impact on departmental results.

Essential Functions:

• May manage large projects or processes that are both inside and outside of immediate job area.
• Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees.
• Typically responsible for managing complex projects at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.
• Familiar with hand calculation methods to perform initial sizing and FEA verifications.
• Detailed stress analysis process procedures using FEA in particular Ansys nonlinear analysis (contact w/ friction, plasticity, large deflections, etc.
• Low Cycle Fatigue evaluation and High Cycle Fatigue evaluation using Goodman and cycle counting procedures.
• Buckling analysis (eigenvalue, nonlinear, large deflection).
• Bolted joint analysis and preload definition.
• Fracture mechanics analysis (LEFM).
• Filament wound pressure vessel design and analysis.
• Structural analysis of propellant grain.
• Rocket Motor test instrumentation definition and data processing for production, bench, full engine qualification, etc.
• Must actvite Security Clearance.
• Requires 10% travel.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant engineering experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related engineering experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Strong Skills in the use of Finite Element Analysis tools such as Ansys (Preferred) and Abaqus
• Familiarity with the design and analysis of Filament wound pressure vessels
• Understanding of the function and design of solid rocket motors
• Hands on experience with the manufacturing of solid rocket motors
• Scripting and coding using Ansys APDL or Python
• Ability to parse large amounts of data for analysis