Senior Structural Analyst – Aerospace (Fatigue/Fracture)

United Launch Alliance (ULA); Decatur (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

United Launch Alliance in Decatur, AL is seeking a Strength Analyst to perform strength, fatigue and fracture analyses of structural components for propulsion and mechanical systems. You will create models, review layouts, and provide strength inputs for new designs, working within a fast-paced development cycle in a team environment.

Required are a bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least 4 years of related experience, with proficiency in NASGRO, ABAQUS, MATLAB, and UNIX/Linux.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field from an accredited college or university
• Ability to make design recommendations based on analysis results/experience
• Proficiency with MS Office tools
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• General understanding of materials and material properties
• Experience with Structural Analysis (Tanks, Adapters, Brackets)
• Experience analyzing propulsion hardware (tubing, ducting, flex joints)
• Experience with NASGRO fracture mechanics tool and ABAQUS
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Understanding of fatigue/fracture analysis tools and methodology
• Understanding of bolted joint modeling and analysis
• Understanding of GD&T standards and principles
• Understanding of analysis best practices and underlying assumptions
• Understanding of basic hand calculations
• Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

• Performing strength, fatigue and fracture analysis of structural components, including non-linear analysis for the Recurring Structural Analysis Team.
• Create analysis models, perform hand calculations and have an understanding of analysis best practices to provide strength inputs and recommendations for new designs and installations.
• Review and approve 3-D engineering layouts, 3-D models, designs / drawings and 2-D drawing changes for propulsion, fluid system and mechanical system components.
• Make engineering design recommendations with consideration of thermal, mechanical and pressure loading using material properties, configurations, safety factors.
• Document analysis results in strength reports.
• Support internal peer reviews, table top reviews and formal design reviews as needed.
• Support fast paced design/analysis cycles and evaluate hardware non-conformances to support production activities.
• Coordinate efforts across functional and product teams; develop team processes and mentor junior engineers.
• Experience with NASGRO fracture mechanics tool and ABAQUS; MATLAB and Unix/Linux tools; MS Office.

Skills

Structure analysis

Non-linear analysis

Team collaboration

Design recommendations

Interpreting analysis results

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

NASTRAN

FEMAP

NX CAD/Simulation

NASGRO

Unix/Linux

MathCad

ABAQUS

Matlab

MS Office

Job description

United Launch Alliance in Decatur, AL is seeking a Strength Analyst to perform strength, fatigue and fracture analyses of structural components for propulsion and mechanical systems. You will create models, review layouts, and provide strength inputs for new designs, working within a fast-paced development cycle in a team environment.

Required are a bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least 4 years of related experience, with proficiency in NASGRO, ABAQUS, MATLAB, and UNIX/Linux.