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Job Title: Sr. Specialist, Structural Engineering

Job Code: 33269

Job Location: Greenville, Texas

Job Schedule: 9/80 Work Schedule – (Every other Friday is a non-workday.)

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking qualified individuals to join our Aeronautical Systems Engineering team as a Stress Engineer. In this role, you will perform analysis of aircraft structure using classical and finite element analysis methods to develop free body diagrams, calculate internal loads and stresses, and write margins of safety for static strength. You will lead a small team of other stress engineers by mentoring them on technical problems and managing their budget and schedule performance. You will also support the development of engineering estimates for bids and provide input for a monthly labor forecast for your team.

Essential Functions:

Use classical hand analysis and create finite element models to predict internal loads, displacements, and stresses for complex structure

Collaborate with design engineers to develop aircraft modifications and installations and ensure the design meets airworthiness requirements

Generate free body diagrams and calculate internal loads and stresses

Develop structural tests and post-process the results to establish allowable strength data

Document structural analysis in formal reports to show compliance with airworthiness requirements

Manage personal work to stay within scope, budget, and schedule for assigned tasks

Mentor and lead other engineers in performing structural analysis

Estimate engineering labor hours for formal bids and manage labor forecasts for a small team of engineers

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical, aerospace, aeronautical engineering, or related field and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Good computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint

A minimum of 4 years of relevant commercial fixed-wing transport category airplane fuselage structural analysis

The ability to analyze the static strength of aircraft structure with classical methods from publicly available data

Advanced knowledge of the application of finite element analysis with Femap and MSC Nastran for FAA projects

Review engineering design data with CAD and PLM software

Familiarity with FAA and military airworthiness requirements for static strength

Able to travel to and from flight line and work in aircraft hangar environments (some positions will require the ability to board/exit aircraft)

Willingness to travel up to 10%

Able to obtain a DoD clearance at the Secret level

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience with NX and Teamcenter

Skilled in automating calculations using VBA in Excel or another programming language

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