Hybrid Senior Mechanical Stress Engineer - FEA Expert

Placements24; United States; Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement contributions

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Placements24 seeks an experienced Senior Mechanical Stress Engineer for a hybrid role in Welkom. You will perform advanced stress analyses on critical components to ensure integrity, reliability, and safety under demanding conditions.

This role blends on-site design reviews and testing with remote analysis and documentation. You will leverage FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, COMSOL) and hand calculations, delivering actionable design guidance while adhering to applicable codes and standards.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on solid mechanics or structural analysis.
• Minimum of 7 years hands-on experience in mechanical stress analysis, preferably in energy or heavy industry.
• Proficiency with leading FEA software packages (e.g., ANSYS Mechanical, Abaqus, COMSOL).
• Strong understanding of continuum mechanics, plasticity, creep, fatigue, and fracture mechanics.
• Experience with modal, dynamic, and thermal-stress analysis.
• Ability to perform hand calculations to support and validate FEA results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for reports and reviews.
• Experience in hybrid work model requiring occasional Welkom office presence for collaborative activities.
• Knowledge of ASME, API codes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive stress, strain, and fatigue analysis using FEA on components and structures.
• Validate simulations with hand calculations and experimental data correlation.
• Interpret results and provide design improvement recommendations.
• Develop and maintain analysis methodologies, guidelines, and best practices.
• Collaborate with design engineers, materials specialists, and testing teams to define analyses and test plans.
• Document procedures, assumptions, results, and conclusions in technical reports.
• Contribute to design reviews with expert input on structural integrity and materials.

Skills

FEA analysis

Hand calculations

Fatigue analysis

Modal analysis

Dynamic analysis

Thermal analysis

Continuum mechanics

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ANSYS Mechanical

Abaqus

COMSOL

Job description

Placements24 seeks an experienced Senior Mechanical Stress Engineer for a hybrid role in Welkom. You will perform advanced stress analyses on critical components to ensure integrity, reliability, and safety under demanding conditions.

This role blends on-site design reviews and testing with remote analysis and documentation. You will leverage FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, COMSOL) and hand calculations, delivering actionable design guidance while adhering to applicable codes and standards.