Strength Analyst 2

Job Overview & Responsibilities

As a Strength Analyst at ULA Job responsibilities include the following:

• Performing strength, fatigue and fracture analysis of propulsion and structural components, including non-linear analysis for the Major Development Structural Analysis Team. 

• Candidate will be required to create analysis models, perform hand calculations and have an understanding of analysis best practices to provide strength inputs and recommendations for new designs and installations.  

• Candidate will be required to review and approve 3-D engineering layouts, 3-D models, designs / drawings and 2-D drawing changes for a variety of propulsion, fluid system and mechanical system components. 

• Candidate will make engineering design recommendations with consideration of thermal, mechanical and pressure loading using appropriate material properties, configurations, safety factors, etc. 

• Analysis results will be documented in strength reports. 

• Candidate will support internal peer reviews, table top reviews and formal design reviews as needed. 

• Will also need to support fast paced design/analysis cycles and be able to evaluate hardware non-conformances to support production activities.  

• The engineer must be able to work with a minimal level of mentor oversight.  

• Experience or familiarity with the following tools/software 

  • NASTRAN (Static, Modal, Dynamic and Non-Linear Analysis Solutions) 

  • FEMAP pre/post processor 

  • NX CAD/Simulation 

  • NASGRO fracture mechanics tool 

  • Unix/Linux mainframe based analysis tools 

  • MathCad 

  • ABAQUS 

  • Matlab 

  • MS office (word, excel, ppt) 

Required Education

Bachelor

Required Years of Experience

Minimum of 2 years of related work experience

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related technical frield from an accredited college or university

• Ability to make design recommendations based on analysis results/experience 

• Proficiency with MS Office tools 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment are essential 

• General understanding of materials and material properties 

• Experience with Structural Analysis (tanks, adapters, brackets) 

• Experience analyzing propulsion hardware (tubing, ducting, flex joints) 

• Experience working with cross-functional teams 

• Experience working with component suppliers and development of spec requirements

• Understanding of fatigue/fracture analysis tools and methodology 

• Understanding of bolted joint modeling and analysis 

• Understanding of GD&T standards and principles 

• Understanding of analysis best practices and underlying assumptions 

• Understanding of basic hand calculations 

• Strong communication skills  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience running/creating analysis automation and pre/post processing scripts using the following tools 

  •  Unix, Matlab, Python, Excel 

• Experience with static/dynamic testing and model correlation 

• Experience with structural optimization techniques for mass savings 

• Experience integrating with system level analysis models (coupled loads models) 

• General knowledge of fabrication methods for mechanical hardware, such as machining, welding, processing and assembly

• Knowledge of NASGRO fracture mechanics tool and ABAQUS