Senior Loads & Dynamics Analyst

Job Description

Insight Global's candidate is looking for a Senior Loads & Dynamics Analyst for our client. The Senior Loads & Dynamics Analyst will lead loads development and dynamic analysis for solid rocket motors, vehicles, all-up-rounds, and propulsion systems. This role will support products from development through qualification and production, providing analysis and technical feedback to design, test, and manufacturing teams.

• Perform loads development and dynamic analysis for motor and vehicle programs, including vibration, shock, modal, acoustic, and system-level dynamics.
• Develop load spectra and propagate loads to motor and vehicle components for service-life assessment.
• Develop, verify, validate, and improve structural models and analytical methods.
• Partner with test teams to define testing and instrumentation needed to validate analytical models.
• Support design teams with analysis and recommendations throughout development and qualification.
• Assess nonconforming hardware and provide recommended engineering dispositions and repairs.
• Support the transition from development through low-rate and full-rate production.
• Develop and improve analysis processes, models, and tools to increase engineering efficiency.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other engineers.

Salary range: $111,000 - $138,000

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of dynamic analysis experience.
• Strong experience with dynamic loads, modal analysis, vibration, shock response, and/or acoustics.
• Experience developing and validating analytical models against physical test data.
• Master’s degree or higher in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or a related field focused on solid mechanics, fatigue, fracture, or structural dynamics.
• Experience developing loads for vehicle, propulsion, and/or solid rocket motor applications.
• GFEM development and model validation experience.
• FEA/FEM experience using ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, Femap, or similar tools.
• Experience with low-cycle fatigue, fracture mechanics, crack growth, safe-life analysis, LEFM, and/or NASGRO.
• Experience defining solid rocket motor dynamic environments and supporting dynamic acceptance/qualification testing.
• Thermal-structural analysis experience, including nonlinear materials and large strains.
• Knowledge of composites, insulation, ablative thermal protection, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and/or compressible flow.
• Experience with safety-critical production hardware, failure investigations, and root-cause analysis.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

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