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Structural Analysis Engineer – Level 2
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-San Diego
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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 has an opening for a Structural Analysis Engineer – Level 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in San Diego, California. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. Northrop Grumman Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Business Unit designs, builds, and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our main products include satellites and associated space components and services, launch vehicles and related propulsion systems, missile products, subsystems and defense electronics, precision weapons, armament systems, and advanced aerospace structures. As a Mechanical Analysis Engineer, you will develop and analyze composite components, assemblies, and associated test tooling. You will collaborate with Design, Manufacturing, Test, and other Engineering functions to ensure successful execution and delivery of hardware. Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Assess structural integrity of metallic and composite structures using traditional closed form solutions, as well as finite element analysis (FEA) • Interact with design and development teams (teams include specialists in Design, Quality, Materials, Manufacturing) to create and verify creative design solutions that meet all requirements (technical, cost, schedule) • Generate Finite Element Models and perform FEA for normal modes, linear static stress, dynamic response/stress, thermo-elastic distortion, and hygroscopic distortion • Support development of fight hardware from preliminary through detailed design, drawing release, manufacturing, integration, verification testing, and transportation • Reduce material characterization test data into analysis input properties and material capability properties • Prepare and make presentations summarizing structural assessment results for internal review boards and external customer design reviews • Assist in assessment and disposition of discrepant hardware and hardware anomalies Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 2 years of experience • Experience with finite element modeling • Knowledge of structural analysis for aerospace structures containing metals, sandwich panels, composite materials, plastics and bonded joints Preferred Qualifications: • MS in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering • Proficiency in Femap, NX Nastran, Altair Hyperworks, NX, and Matlab • Experience in performing static, dynamic, analysis of both composites and metallic materials • Knowledge of composite materials application for extreme environments • Previous experience in aerospace manufacturing facility Curious about all the exciting de