Structural Analyst - Level 3 or Level 4

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space sector is seeking a Structural Analyst
- Level 3 or Level 4 to join our Mission Enabling Products MEP Team. This position will be located in Commerce, CA.

• Analyzes and develops structural models involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for pressure vessels.
• Reviews performance specifications and develops analysis plans.
• Analyzes stress, damage tolerance, and durability against design allowables and structural modeling.
• Specific structural engineering specialties include all of the following: dynamics and loads, stability, metal plasticity, composites, fracture, and fatigue analysis.
• Present analysis results and effectively communicate to internal/external stakeholders.
• Tools utilized include FEMAP, NX Nastran, Abaqus CAE, NASGRO, and a variety of software applications.
• Development and documentation of analysis methods and training packages.

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 5 years of related experience OR a Master of Science (MS) degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 2 years of related experience.
• Experience with finite element modeling, running model checks, and troubleshooting errors
• Experience in performing static, dynamic, fatigue, damage tolerance analysis of both composites and metallic materials
• Understanding of loads development and analysis methods and the ability to provide recommendation on appropriate loads to use by other engineering teams
• Experience interpreting performance specifications and identifying critical analysis load cases to satisfy customer and industry requirements
• Experience in writing technical reports and presenting data to internal and external stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
• Experience with structural analysis methods and implementation using calculation aids and proposing new analysis methods

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 8 years of related experience OR a Master of Science (MS) degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of X years of related experience.
• Experience with finite element modeling, running model checks, and troubleshooting errors
• Experience in performing static, dynamic, fatigue, damage tolerance analysis of both composites and metallic materials
• Understanding of loads development and analysis methods and the ability to provide recommendation on appropriate loads to use by other engineering teams
• Experience interpreting performance specifications and identifying critical analysis load cases to satisfy customer and industry requirements
• Experience in writing technical reports and presenting data to internal and external stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
• Experience with structural analysis methods and implementation using calculation aids and proposing new analysis methods
• Experience guiding/assisting team members with analysis tasks

• Experience with any of the following software packages: NASGRO, Abaqus CAE, Femap, NX Nastran, Matlab
• Strong preference for experience with Abaqus
• Experience with understanding and manually modifying analysis input files
• Experience with industry standard pressure vessel design specifications
• Metallic and composite structural analysis methods development
• A solid background developing analysis plans to verify designs to requirements
• Experience with failure mode analysis for metallic and composite materials
• Strong background in damage tolerant design and…