Structural Analysis Engineer

Chipton-Ross is seeking a Structural Analysis Engineer for a contract opportunity in Fort Worth, TX.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Required experience with FEA software including NASTRAN and PATRAN.

• Candidate must be capable of interpreting detail, assembly, and installation type drawings and models.

• Airframe primary structure layout and sizing.

• Hand/Excel based analysis of aerospace structures.

• NASTRAN and PATRAN or HyperMesh.

• Catia V5.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for performing stress analysis on new designs of primary and secondary airframe structure, as well as updating existing analyses to incorporate design changes.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Experience in stress analysis of subsystems and subsystems installations desired.

• Experience with MRB stress analysis of metallic and composite structure desired.

• Experience using Altair HyperMesh as a pre-processor and TMP Vision for post-processing desired. • Experience with CATIA V5/3DX highly desired. Familiarity with UNIX/LINUX operating systems desired.

• Familiarity with Slim, Vision, and IDAT, 3Dx a plus.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Accredited Bachelor's Degree.

WORK HOURS:

• 4/10

ADDITIONAL:

• Active Secret with an investigation within 5 years or CE enrolment. Previous approval to SAPs desired.