Senior Stress Analyst

Stress Analysis Engineer

The Stress Analysis Engineer will take charge of moderate to complex structural analysis projects, help guide junior analysts, and support the technical side of propulsion subsystem stress work. They'll connect the detailed finite-element models with design reviews, making sure the stress checks hit the program's performance, reliability, and safety goals.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Conduct stress analysis using linear and nonlinear solutions to define and evaluate missile propulsion subsystem and components from early concept through flight.
• Review and provide constructive feedback on models, reports, and deliverables.
• Partner across a multidisciplinary engineering team to ensure structural integrity throughout the product lifecycle and guide design trades and decisions.
• Define and support structural test requirements, provide predictions, oversee test execution, and lead post-test activities to ensure requirements and objectives are met.
• Prepare and present technical findings with clarity and confidence to internal teams, customers, and program leadership at key design reviews and technical forums.
• Deliver high-quality analysis products and documentation.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Researches, plans, designs and develops mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Applies research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.

Basic Qualifications:

• Professional experience performing stress analysis of metallic structures
• Experience participating in multidisciplinary design reviews
• Experience using finite element tools (NX/Nastran, Abaqus, Ansys, FEMAP, and/or PATRAN or similar)

Desired

Skills:

• Master's degree in Aerospace, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience in the planning and execution of structural development and qualification testing
• Experience with Thermo-Structural analysis of high temperature alloys such as propulsion related hardware, jet and rocket engines, heat shields, solid or liquid rocket propulsion including hot gas systems, or any supporting or adjacent high temperature hardware
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal
• Self-motivated, and able and willing to support multiple projects
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.

Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $95900.00 - $178100.00

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Benefits offered:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
* Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.