Title:
Stress AnalystMission of Role: To perform stress analysis on primary composite and metallic structures using hand calculations and FEA.
Location: Vacaville, CA
Reports to: VP, Engineering
Primary Areas of Responsibilities:
- Perform stress analysis on primary composite structures and metallic components using hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis (FEMAP, Nastran, linear and non-linear FEM creation and validation)
- Support production and field support efforts. Assess damage and issues, define and substantiate repairs
- Verify preliminary analyses of design engineers
- Suggest design changes to meet functional, strength, and weight requirements
- Write stress reports, structural test plans and test results. Support compliance testing
- Extract geometry from Creo (Pro/E) CAD models
Required Experience & Education:- B.S. in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering
- 3+ years of directly applicable aircraft or similar weight critical structures, performing hand calculation stress analysis (per approved stress methods: Bruhn, Niu, etc.) and FE analysis (FEMAP/Nastran, Linear/Non-Linear analysis) on composite and metallic structures (primary and secondary)
- 2+ years using any high-level CAD system but Creo (Pro/E) is preferred
- Strong structural intuition for light aircraft
- Extremely detail oriented and weight sensitive
- Practical - good Design for Manufacturing awareness
- Strong communication skills and highly collaborative
Ideal Experience:- Experience with composite material qualification or testing
- Composite part design, layup mold design and/or bonding fixture design
- Experience with metrology, interpretation and /or operation
- Evaluation of technical options against schedule and budgetary constraints
- Aerospace product and industry experience/knowledge. Aerospace tooling experience, aerospace design experience
- Strong computer skills
Other Traits:- Highly intelligent - Analytical and problem solver
- Team player
- Good judgement
- Extreme attention to detail
- Self-motivated, positive thinker
- Mature and sensitive to multiple decision-making styles
- Ability to grasp issues in a dynamic environment and organize activities to quickly achieve desired outcomes
