Senior Transient Dynamic FEA Engineer for Aerospace

CFD Research Corporation; Huntsville (AL); Presencial; USD 95.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Medical, Vision & Dental insurance

Paid leave & parental leave

Disability & life insurance

Descripción de la vacante

CFD Research Corporation in Huntsville, AL, seeks a talented transient dynamic finite element engineer to evaluate high-speed dynamic damage events and aid aerospace design verification. You will work with structural, fluid and thermal teams to provide rapid design recommendations from LS-Dyna-based models.

The role requires experience with LS-Dyna, Abaqus Explicit, and HPC workflows on remote clusters. Expect collaboration with the Hollywood, AL Engineering Test Center and periodic travel for

Formación

• US Citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 6+ years hands-on experience with FEA, and 2+ years experience using LS-Dyna.
• Strong understanding of progressive damage modeling in FEA.
• Familiarity with correlating model results and test data.
• Solid understanding of structural dynamics.
• Understanding of material behaviors including rate sensitivities and advising or directing material testing procedures as necessary.
• Knowledge of thermal–structural coupling.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and validate time-domain FEA models to analyze transient events such as drops, crashes, FOD strikes and other short duration impacts.
• Produce engineering reports and documentation in support of requirement verification and design reviews.
• Collaborate with multiple analysis teams and interface with the Engineering Test Center in Hollywood, AL, with planned travel as needed.

Conocimientos

FEA

LS-Dyna

Abaqus Explicit

Structural dynamics

Damage modeling

Material testing coordination

Python (post processing)

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Herramientas

LS-Dyna

Abaqus Explicit

Descripción del empleo

CFD Research Corporation in Huntsville, AL, seeks a talented transient dynamic finite element engineer to evaluate high-speed dynamic damage events and aid aerospace design verification. You will work with structural, fluid and thermal teams to provide rapid design recommendations from LS-Dyna-based models.

The role requires experience with LS-Dyna, Abaqus Explicit, and HPC workflows on remote clusters. Expect collaboration with the Hollywood, AL Engineering Test Center and periodic travel for