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Structural Analysis Engineer

Employer
Luneus
Location
Scotland,
Closing date
Dec 6, 2024
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Specialty
Structural Engineering
Position Type
Engineer, Staff Engineer
Organization Type
Firm, Consulting Engineering
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Role and Responsibilities

  • Perform, validate and document structural analysis using FEA and hand calculations for composite and metallic component and assemblies.
  • Work with the design team to iterate concepts using appropriate sizing and optimisation methods to enable a ‘design by analysis' approach.
  • Working from high level requirements define analysis and test plans.
  • Provide practical support to hardware development and testing as required.


Required Qualifications and Experience

  • At least 7 years demonstrable industry experience in the analysis of mass efficient structural parts for high performance applications typified by aerospace, defence and motorsport.
  • Proficient in one or more industry standard FEA packages (preferably FEMAP-Nastran or Hypermesh-Optistruct)
  • Ability to use CAD system with an emphasis geometry preparation for analysis.
  • Proactive and strong team player with excellent communication skills
  • Adaptable and able to work across multiple concurrent workstreams


Desirable Qualifications and Experience

  • Experience of composite structural analysis for aerospace applications including highly loaded mechanical and adhesively bonded joints.
  • Working knowledge of linear, non-linear, thermo-elastic, buckling, modal, sinusoidal and random vibration analysis methodologies as applicable to aerospace applications.
  • Knowledge of composite failure theories and their application to structural analysis
  • Experience designing and/or analysing COPVs or composite pressure structures.
  • Experience in design, search, and optimisation workflows for structural development.
  • Familiarity with industry standards and references (e.g. MIL-HDBK-5/17, ECSS-E-HB-32, NASA-STD-5001, GSFC-STD-7000)
  • Experience in materials and structural testing, characterisation and allowables development.
  • Good MS office skills and experience generating technical reports with this toolset.
  • Basic proficiency with one or more programming languages for the purpose of data processing, E.g. Python, Matlab, Perl, VBA, etc.


Please note this is a 6 month outside IR35 contract working on a launch vehicle.
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