Structural Analysis Engineer

Chipton-Ross is seeking a Structural Analysis Engineer for a contract opportunity in Palmdale, CA.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE) :

• Required experience with FEA software including NASTRAN and PATRAN.
• Airframe primary structure layout and sizing
• Hand / Excel based analysis of aerospace structures
• NASTRAN and PATRAN or HyperMesh
• Catia V5.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES :

Responsible for performing stress analysis on new designs of primary and secondary airframe structure, as well as updating existing analyses to incorporate design changes.

Candidate must be capable of interpreting detail, assembly, and installation type drawings and models..

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE) :

Familiarity with Slim, Vision, and IDAT, 3Dx a plus.

Experience in stress analysis of subsystems and subsystems installations desired.

Experience with MRB stress analysis of metallic and composite structure desired.

Experience using Altair HyperMesh as a pre-processor and TMP Vision for post-processing desired.

Experience with CATIA V5 / 3DX highly desired. Familiarity with UNIX / LINUX operating systems desired.

REQUIRED EDUCATION :

Accredited Bachelor's Degree.

WORK HOURS :

4 / 10

ADDITIONAL :

Active Secret with an investigation within 5 years or CE enrolment. Previous approval to SAPs desired.