Engineer Structural 5
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Location: Greenville
Job type: Permanent
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Sector: Manufacturing
Job Role:
Engineer - Structural 5
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Requisition ID
098664
USA-Texas-Greenville
Description
L-3 Aerospace Systems, a recognized leader in aircraft modification and special mission system integration, offers challenging and rewarding assignments across a broad spectrum of aircraft modification programs. L-3 Aerospace Systems has over fifty years of experience providing innovative solutions for major structural modifications to military and commercial aircraft. L-3 Aerospace Systems has successfully modified over 15,000 aircraft comprised of more than 125 unique aircraft types.
Lead Stress Analyst. Structural analysis of aircraft modifications, including design support, and preparation of technical documentation necessary to ensure airworthiness. Determination of stress levels in primary and secondary aircraft structure, systems, and equipment resulting from applied and induced loads, as well as the comparison of these stresses with material properties to predict failure and structural instabilities given due consideration to applicable failure theories.
Qualifications
Requires a Bachelors of Science in Civil, Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering with emphasis on structural analysis, design, and test and a minimum of nine (9) years of related experience.
Candidate must be able to generate free body diagrams, determine reaction forces, calculate internal loads, and develop shear and moment diagrams. The candidate should be able to apply the principles of Structural Mechanics to predict internal stresses and structural instabilities. Proficiency with accepted aerospace industry standard classical stress analysis techniques and finite element methods (linear and non-linear). Familiarity with FAA and military aircraft airworthiness certification process and requirements is mandatory.
This lead position requires that the candidate must be able to lead complex aircraft structural modification programs with minimal direction. Must be able to effectively present technical data in written and oral form to Customers and certifying agencies.
Desired Skills: Good computer skills including Microsoft Office and at least one programming language. A fundamental understanding of fatigue and durability and damage tolerance principles and analysis methods is beneficial.
Candidates must be willing to relocate and be eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.
Position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance which requires US citizenship.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance which requires U.S. citizenship
Equal Opportunity Employer – minorities / females / veterans / individuals with disabilities / sexual orientation / gender identity. We maintain a drug free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks.
US Security Clearance Required
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Secret
Schedule
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Full-time
Shift
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Day - 1st
Travel
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Yes, 10 % of the Time
Job Level
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Individual Contributor
Job Posting
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Sep 4, 2018, 6:14:01 PM
Job
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Engineering-Structures And Materials
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