Job Description

Fluids/Mechanical Analyst (200+ tubes to release in 2 months)

Responsibilities:

· Design of various pressure vessel types, and shapes to accommodate vehicle space allocation and integration envelope.

· Design of fluid lines and flex elements for cryogenic and space application.

· Drawing generation, including tolerance and GD&T setup.

· Ownership of design release cycle, including drawings release, and DFM reviews.

· Analysis of primary and secondary spacecraft pressure vessels

· Integration of structural analysis with loads and dynamics environments

· Finite Element Model development, refinement, validation, and correlation to tests

· Strength checks and analysis report generation

· Test and verification plan and report generation

· Support configuration development and trade studies

Minimum Qualifications:

· Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering

· 2+ years of experience in the prediction/validation of low and/or high-frequency structural dynamics and loads, in addition to finite element modeling

· Solid foundation of structural static/dynamic fundamentals

· Passion for spacecraft structural/environmental loads development/validation

· Ability to solve a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools)

· Experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or automotive in some of the following areas:

o External loads

o Vibro-acoustic analysis

o Thermal Loading

o Analysis using Nastran, Ansys, Abaqus, LS-Dyna, or Optistruct

· Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Preferred Qualifications:

· COPV Pressure Vessel design and analysis

· Metallic Pressure Vessel design and analysis

· Fluids Lines design and analysis

· Flex Elements design and analysis

· Composite design and analysis skills in any thermoset, thermoplastic, metal matrix and ceramic matrix composites

· Manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization & allowable development

· Experience testing materials, joints, components and vehicles

· Structural optimization using standard industry codes (Optistruct, HyperSizer, Nastran Sol 200, etc)

· Experience with ProEngineer Wildfire 4 / Creo Parametric or greater

· Experience with ProEngineer Wildfire 4 / Creo Parametric or greater piping / routing module

· Experience with Human spaceflight

· Experience with composites

· Experience with AIAA S-080 and S-081

· Experience with EJMA Ninth and Tenth Edition

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