L3Harris

Job Title: Senior Associate Stress Engineer

Job Code: 12152

Job Location: Greenville, Texas

Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking qualified individuals to join our Aeronautical Systems Engineering team as a Senior Associate Stress Engineer. In this role, you will perform structural analysis of aircraft structure using classical analysis methods to develop free body diagrams, calculate internal loads and stresses, and write margins of safety. Stress Engineers have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of tasks and aircraft modifications on various aircraft platforms.

Essential Functions:

• Use classical hand analysis and/or create finite element models to predict internal loads, displacements, and stresses for complex structure
• Collaborate with Design Engineers to substantiate aircraft modifications and installations and ensure the design meets airworthiness requirements
• Generate free body diagrams and calculate internal loads and stresses
• Document structural analysis in formal reports to show compliance with airworthiness requirements
• Develop structural tests and post-process the results to establish allowable strength data
• Manage personal work to stay within scope, budget, and schedule for assigned tasks.
• Estimate engineering labor hours for formal bids and manage labor forecasts for a small team of engineers
• May require limited business travel
• Travel to and from flight line and work in aircraft hangar environments (may require the ability to board/exit aircraft)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Aeronautical Engineering at an accredited university
• Minimum of 2 years of fixed-wing manned aircraft structural analysis experience
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and Word
• Able to generate free body diagrams and calculate internal loads and stresses
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of classical and finite element analysis methods for structural analysis
• Experience with static strength substantiation of aluminum airframe primary structure or aircraft interiors
• Familiarity with FAA and military airworthiness requirements for static strength
• Finite element modeling with commercial software including Femap and Nastran
• Reviewing engineering design data with CAD and PLM software including NX and Teamcenter
• Automating calculations using VBA in Excel or another programming language
• Ability to lead and mentor other stress engineers