Aeronautical Stress Engineer Lead

Job Title: Aeronautical Stress Engineer Lead

Job Location: On-site in Greenville, TX

Schedule: Standard 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking qualified individuals to join our Aeronautical Systems Engineering team as a Stress Engineer. In this role, you will perform structural analysis of aircraft structure using classical analysis methods to develop free body diagrams, calculate internal loads and stresses, and write margins of safety. 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 to a regular labor forecast for you team. Stress Engineers have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of tasks and aircraft modifications on various aircraft platforms.

Essential Functions:

• Use classical hand analysis and/or create finite element models to predict internal loads, displacements, and stresses for complex structure
• Collaborate with Design Engineers to substantiate aircraft modifications and installations and ensure the design meets airworthiness requirements
• Document structural analysis in formal reports to show compliance with airworthiness requirements and develop structural tests and post-process the results to establish allowable strength data
• 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
• Clearance if desired, ability to travel, working extended hours

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Aeronautical Engineering, or related engineering field at an accredited university
• Good computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Able to generate free body diagrams and calculate internal loads and stresses
• Must be 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
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance, required U.S. Citizenship
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant aircraft structural analysis
• Finite element modeling with commercial software
• Reviewing engineering design data with CAD and PLM
• Structural substantiation of aircraft structure with classical analysis

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Femap and Nastran modeling software
• Active Secret Clearance
• Automating calculations using VBA in Excel or another programming language
• Experience with NX and Teamcenter
• Exposure to FAA and military airworthiness requirements for static strength
• Experience in engineering leadership