Senior Structural Analysis Engineer

TN United Kingdom; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Structural Analysis Engineer to join their innovative team. This role involves leading structural analysis for groundbreaking projects in the maritime sector, where you'll work closely with experts to develop new methodologies. You'll enhance product development by correlating simulation results with physical testing, ensuring cutting-edge solutions that drive sustainability in maritime operations. With a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, this position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of engineering in an exciting and dynamic environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Company Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Electric Car Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Social Events Throughout the Year

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in stress simulation, including implicit and fatigue analysis.
• Proficiency in FEM for shell and solid structures.
• Strong skills in classical hand calculations.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural analysis for projects, ensuring design solutions meet load cases.
• Support feasibility analysis and adhere to analysis procedures.
• Manage and develop junior team members in analysis techniques.

Skills

Stress Simulation

FEM Analysis

Classical Hand Calculations

Physical Testing

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Degree in Automotive Engineering

Degree in Marine Engineering

Degree in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Siemens SimCenter

Hyperworks Suite

ncode

FEMFAT

LS-Dyna

NASTRAN

FEMAP

TeamCenter

Job description

Job Description

Job summary

• Work within an integrated, multi-disciplinary design and development team to ensure proposed design solutions meet required load cases.

Key skills required for this role

Extensive experience in stress simulation, including implicit, fatigue, linear, and non-linear analysis.

Important

Our client is a leading engineering company specialising in the design, optimisation, and supply of decarbonisation solutions for the maritime industry. With expertise in wing propulsion, foiling, and flight control systems, they are revolutionizing sustainability within the maritime and shipping sector. As they continue to redefine the industry, our client is seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Structural Analysis Engineer to join their team.

In this senior role, you will take the lead in structural analysis for current and future projects, working alongside industry experts to develop new methodologies and toolsets. You will play a crucial role in improving correlation with physical data from existing components, supporting the development of cutting-edge products that will shape the future of the maritime industry.

What we can offer you:

• 25 days holiday
• Company Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life assurance
• Electric Car and pension salary sacrifice schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Social events throughout the year

Key responsibilities:

• Derive suitable load cases and targets using first principles, prior experiences, and relevant documentation.
• Work within an integrated, multi-disciplinary design and development team to ensure proposed design solutions meet required load cases.
• Support pre-contract and concept generation through feasibility analysis.
• Adhere to analysis procedures and clearly record analysis results.
• Lead and develop junior team members.
• Perform hand calculations for mechanical fixings, inserts, and bonded joints.
• Create and run stress analysis simulations within NX SimCentre.
• Analyze simulation results and provide comprehensive post-processing.
• Support correlation activities with physical testing and validation.
• Liaise with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Extend analysis capability within your specialism.
• Contribute to continual improvement of analysis processes and tools.
• Support business development activities and create customer proposals.
• Monitor analysis plans and progress for assigned projects.
• Manage external CAE resource in coordination with line manager.

Key requirements:

• Degree in mechanical, automotive, marine, or aerospace engineering.
• Extensive experience in stress simulation, including implicit, fatigue, linear, and non-linear analysis.
• Experience with both metallic and composite structures.
• Proficiency in FEM for shell and solid structures.
• Strong skills in classical hand calculations.
• Practical experience in physical testing and correlation (beneficial).
• Knowledge of Siemens SimCenter or similar packages (Hyperworks suite, ncode, FEMFAT, LS-Dyna, NASTRAN, FEMAP).
• Working knowledge of TeamCenter and Siemens NX (advantageous).