Sr Associate, Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace Structures)
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Job Location:
Fort Wayne, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Sr Associate Mechanical Engineering
Job Code: 34346
Job Location: Fort Wayne IN
Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off!)
Relocation: Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants
Job Description:
L3Harris Space and Mission Systems is seeking an engineer to perform mechanical analysis tasks on complex systems including precision mechanisms electro-mechanical hardware opto-mechanical and complex electronic packaging in a program team environment. This position is responsible for the analysis of composite metallic and glass components and assemblies for space airborne and ground-based systems.
Essential Functions:
- Working under limited general direction and exercising considerable latitude in determining methods and approaches performs structural analysis as part of a team to provide design guidance and verify product designs to meet structural thermal and optical performance requirements
- Interpret design specifications and perform classical analysis or create finite element models of complex components and assemblies for structural analysis
- Analyze the models for stress strain displacement modes etc. at both component and assembly levels
- Prepare reports formal documentation and presentation materials summarizing analysis results and presenting results to both external and internal groups.
- Program support includes assisting with mission/requirements definition concept generation trade studies design sensitivity/optimization studies preliminary and final design component selection integration and test support materials selection CAD 3D solid modeling design documentation and collaboration with manufacturing operations for fabrication in a team environment.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
- Up to 10% travel may be required
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related engineering or science degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
- Professional experience with FEA codes and Pre/Post Processors (preferably MSC or NX Nastran and Femap or Patran)
- Professional experience with structural analysis methods (FEA and hand-calculations)
- Professional experience in aerospace systems
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Active Security Clearance
- Experience with Creo 4
- Knowledge of system level hardware design & development mechanical and structural analysis payload level integration & test and risk mitigation for ground air or space-based environments.
- Experience with opto-mechanical hardware
- Strong analytical skills with emphasis on using and/or directing finite element analysis (FEA)
- Familiarity with vibration dynamics and loads stability and stress-based fatigue and thermal distortion analysis
- Experience in the space industry highly desired
- Familiarity with 3D CAD programs such as Creo or Pro/E
- Experience with computational programming (Matlab Python Fortran)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word Excel PowerPoint)
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
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At L3Harris, we anticipate and mitigate risk with agile end-to-end solutions that meet our customers' mission-critical needs across all domains.
