Aerospace Structural Analyst Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Commerce (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space sector seeks a Structural Analyst Engineer - Level 2 for the Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Team in Commerce, CA. You will analyze propulsion tanks, pressure vessels, and test tooling, collaborating with design, manufacturing, quality, and test to ensure successful hardware delivery.

Responsibilities include creating structural models, evaluating loads, fatigue, and damage tolerance, and presenting results to internal reviews and external customers.

Qualifications

• B.S. in STEM field with 2 years engineering experience.
• Experience with finite element modeling, model checks, and troubleshooting errors.
• Understanding of loads development and analysis methods.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and develop structural models for pressure vessels using metallic, non‑metallic, and composite materials.
• Analyze stress, damage tolerance, and durability against design allowables and structural models.
• Perform structural engineering in dynamics and loads, stability, metal plasticity, composites, fracture, and fatigue analysis.
• Review performance specifications and develop analysis plans.
• Reduce material characterization test data into analysis input properties and material capability properties.
• Develop and document analysis methods and training packages.
• Interact with design and development teams to create and verify design solutions meeting requirements.
• Support development of flight hardware from preliminary through detailed design, drawing release, manufacturing, integration, verification testing, and transportation.
• Assist in assessment and disposition of discrepant hardware and anomalies.
• Prepare and deliver presentations summarizing analysis results for reviews.
• Utilize FEMAP, NX Nastran, Abaqus CAE, NASGRO, and Matlab.

Skills

Finite element modeling

Troubleshooting errors

Loads development methods

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Tools

Femap

NASGRO

NX Nastran

Abaqus CAE

NX

Matlab

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space sector seeks a Structural Analyst Engineer - Level 2 for the Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Team in Commerce, CA. You will analyze propulsion tanks, pressure vessels, and test tooling, collaborating with design, manufacturing, quality, and test to ensure successful hardware delivery.

Responsibilities include creating structural models, evaluating loads, fatigue, and damage tolerance, and presenting results to internal reviews and external customers.