Lead ThermalStress Analyst

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Leidos Defense is seeking a Lead Thermal/Stress Analyst to join our team in Huntsville Alabama designing and analyzing the next generation of defense systems to protect America and its allies. You will perform stress and thermal analysis to support the design of cutting edge aerospace and defense programs. You will collaborate with designers and use Star CCM and FEMAP daily to ensure your teams design meets requirements. You might work alongside the production team to install hardware or verify requirements. Then youll work with the testing team to put your hardware into action. This is not your average engineering position. You are applying to be part of a team of the most talented engineers in the region who push you to be better every day. This is a fast-paced program with unique technical challenges that will be a rewarding milestone in any engineering career.

If you are up for the challenge of joining this team then apply now to be considered!

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THE CHALLENGE (primary responsibilities)

• Are you ready to tackle complex engineering challenges In this role you will perform stress and thermal analysis on structural electronic and mechanical systems while supporting critical test activities. Assignments may require expertise in stress analysis thermal analysis or both.

• Stress analysiswill involve analytical methods finite element models/simulations and advanced analysis tools. You will produce models perform calculations reduce data and correlate test results to ensure accuracy and reliability.

• Thermal analysiswill include hand analysis methods finite volume models/simulations finite element models/simulations finite difference models/simulations and other tools. You will conduct detailed steady-state and/or transient thermal analyses using industry-standard programs producing models performing calculations reducing data and correlating test results to thermal and flow models.

• You will collaborate closely with design and manufacturing teams to create designs that meet stringent performance manufacturability and schedule requirements.

• This is an in-office position with flexibility in schedule and work location. Remote work is the exception in your week not the norm.

WHAT SETS YOU APART (basic qualifications)

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.

• Minimum of 4 years of experience with a BS degree or 2 years with an MS degree.

• Direct experience performing stress and thermal analysis in the aerospace or defense industry.

• Demonstrated experience with commercial finite element analysis tools such as FEMAP/NX NASTRAN PATRAN/MSC NASTRAN ANSYS Abaqus or similar software is essential.

• Proven working knowledge of commercial thermal analysis and CFD tools like STAR-CCM Thermal Desktop/SindaFluint ANSYS or SolidWorks FlowSimulation.

• You must be able to write clear concise technical reports and present data effectively to multi-disciplinary teams.

• You must be capable of contributing as part of a larger analysis team or independently as the sole analyst on a project. Experience mentoring and leading younger analysts is highly valued.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen and be eligible to obtain and maintain a Final Secret Clearance.

• Residency in the Huntsville AL area or willingness to relocate to Huntsville AL is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluid lumped capacitance modeling

• Electronics cooling analysis

• Thermal analysis of orthotropic materials

• FEMAP/Nastran

• Coupled thermal-structural analysis

• Bolted joint and weld analysis

• Dynamics analysis (modal response spectrum shock vibration)

• Fatigue analysis

• Composite materials

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