Structural Engineer (23917)
Structural Engineer (23917)
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Job Description
Job Title Structural Engineer
Job Location Brighton
Job ID 23917
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 11 UK sites our team of nearly 1000 people delivers unique capabilities across space air land sea and cyber for military security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.
L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. As part of the RC135 based Airseeker/Rivet Joint programme we deliver strategic and tactical intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. We provide comprehensive carriage release and interfacing solutions to integrate weapons and stores onto crewed and uncrewed air platforms.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible optin extras such as a health care cash plan dental insurance gym membership critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
What the role will involve
Are you looking for an opportunity to grow and enhance your skills as a Structural Engineer in a dynamic industry that is constantly developing and delivering innovative nextgeneration capabilities At L3Harris in Brighton we are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector and were looking for a Structural Engineer to work on release equipment which includes high integrity electromechanical and pneumatic systems utilised for stores carriage and release within the aerospace and defense domain.
Reporting to the Analysis Functional Manager the Structural Engineer will be a part of delivery teams on analysis related activities engaging coordinating and delivering against both the needs of the business projects and ensure that strategic and legislative requirements are fulfilled.
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Read and understand structural engineering specifications involving metals nonmetallic or composite structural materials for product design or operation of product to include structures mechanical electrical and electronics armament designs.
- Analyses damage tolerance durability safety design allowable and structural modelling.
- Utilises and validates 3D and digital modelling to communicate and support production
What youll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
- Ability to use finite element analysis within the aerospace industry for static (linear analysis of individual parts and multi body assemblies.)
- Experience with 3D CAD Digital modelling software.
- Must be able to conduct hand calculations based on strength of materials and structural mechanics theory.
- Bachelors degree in a related engineering discipline with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience or minimum of 6 years in mechanical analysis/design.
Desirable
- Ability to automate analysis processes through scripting would be advantageous
- Demonstrable experience in utilising the following processes would be beneficial:
- Fatigue Life Prediction of Structures
- Vibration Analysis Harmonic and Random Vibration
- Thermal Analysis
- Tools utilised such as Solidworks Ansys CATIA Creo Altair Hyperworks Matlab/Mathcad and a variety of analytical software applications.
Important to know
Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
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Employment Type
Full Time
