Senior Transient Dynamic FEA Engineer — LS-Dyna Expert

CFD Research Corporation; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Medical, vision, dental insurance

Job summary

CFD Research Corporation is seeking a talented transient dynamic finite element engineer to evaluate high-speed dynamic events for aerospace structures at our Huntsville HQ. You will work with a multidisciplinary team across structural, fluid, and thermal analyses and interface with the Hollywood, AL center for meetings.

The role requires extensive FEA experience (LS-Dyna) and familiarity with Abaqus, HPC, and material testing procedures.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 6+ years hands-on experience with FEA and 2+ years using LS-Dyna.
• Strong understanding of progressive damage modeling in FEA.
• Familiarity with correlating model results and test data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate time-domain FEA models to analyze transient events such as drops, crashes, FOD strikes and other short-duration impacts.
• Provide engineering reports and documentation in support of verification and design reviews.
• Lead and mentor junior staff in high-fidelity structural analyses.
• Interface with prototype, test and evaluation division engineers to support program needs.

Skills

FEA experience

Structural dynamics

Damage modeling

Python (post-processing)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

LS-Dyna

Abaqus

Job description

CFD Research Corporation is seeking a talented transient dynamic finite element engineer to evaluate high-speed dynamic events for aerospace structures at our Huntsville HQ. You will work with a multidisciplinary team across structural, fluid, and thermal analyses and interface with the Hollywood, AL center for meetings.

The role requires extensive FEA experience (LS-Dyna) and familiarity with Abaqus, HPC, and material testing procedures.