Aeronautical Engineer

We have an outstanding Contract position for anAeronautical Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Palm Beach Gardens, FL surrounding area.

This position will applyengineering principles, industry standards, company standards andcustomer requirements to develop and perform thermo-structural analysis simulations--under general supervision--to support design activities across all Propulsion Systems and Controls, Elkton Operations product lines. These simulations include development ofthermo-structural models, gridding, selection ofboundary conditions and constraints, selection ofapplicable material properties and selection of propersimulation codes and methodologies.In addition, this position will coordinate strategy for developing and leveraging multi-disciplinary design, optimization, and analysis processes to support mission requirements.

Job Responsibilities:  

• Under general supervision, develop analytical approaches to assist in the resolution ofunique structural/thermo-structural mechanics issues. Provide structural mechanics and material specialist recommendations to IPTworking group.
• Take arole in developing methodologies, interpretation ofanalytical results, and recommendations fordesign improvement.
• Preparation oftechnical reports and presentations ofwork products to bothinternal and external customers.
• Provide technical assessments of test hardware and test data.
• Development ofmaterial models for thermal or structural analyses efforts. Assist in development ofmaterial test plans, selection oftest methods, and test data analysisto support material modeling efforts.
• Provide analytical services insupport offailure investigations: developingfault trees, developingapproaches and providinganalytical efforts to assess fault causes.
• Assist project team in design of experimentstesting to provide necessarydata to support detailed analyses.
• Form close working relationships with internal and external customer technical community and specific customer technical points of contact.
• Ability to organize, preserve, and manage engineering data, design documentation, and models to ensure they remainsearchable, secure, and accessible for future redesigns, manufacturing, or analysis.

Desired Qualifications:

• Thermal/structural analytical simulation of air-breathing engines is very desirable; experience with rocket motors is a plus.
• ANSYS mechanical experience is very desirable.
• Applicable experience in performing metals and composite materials thermal/structural analysis.
• Knowledge of nonlinear material properties and implementation using FEA.
• Experience with high and low cyclefatigue as well as damage tolerance using NASGRO or equivalent.
• Personality fit with existing staff, demonstrates leadership skills.
• Personal poise, demonstrated ability to prepare and present analytical results in both oral and written formats.
• Critical thinking skills, logical approaches, attention to detail.