Overview
Senior Stress Engineer - Rocket Propulsion
* Stress; FEA; Structures; Materials Science; Mechanical Engineering
* £40,000 - £55,000 + excellent bens.
* Kidderminster (Hybrid available)
A cutting-edge Aerospace & Defence organisation have a unique opportunity for a Stress Engineer to join their Design team.
The design department designs new and modified rocket motors and related systems. Analysis of rocket motor designs, including: Ballistic performance prediction and modelling, propellant charge and hardware stress analysis, and the provision of documentation service.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & REPONSIBILITIES - Stress Engineer
Technical Responsibilities
* Analysis of new and existing rocket motor systems such as motor hardware and propellant charge structural and thermal analysis using FEA software.
* The use of various software and programming techniques, including: Abaqus, Altair-Hyperworks, Fortran and Matlab.
* Rheological analysis of material testing results and providing advice to the technical community for validation and verification of FEA models.
* Development of motor structural test plans and involvement in the delivery and assessment of the structural testing results.
* Responsible as the structural performance technical authority aspects of assigned projects, including supporting project customer meetings, project investigations, design reviews, and corresponding customer stress engineers.
* Deliver key project documentation including, structural analysis and structural test plans and reports and structural design records.
EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND - Stress Engineer
* Educated to degree level in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Aerospace or Structural or another related discipline such as Material Science.
* Material science knowledge
* Use of ABAQUS software in an professional or academic environment
* Experience with CAD modelling
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