- Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- Senior
- 6+ years
Lead and perform structural stress analysis and substantiation of aircraft modifications for Special Mission Aircraft.
Responsibilities
- Lead structural stress analysis assignments from requirements definition and preliminary sizing through detailed substantiation, technical review, production support, and delivery.
- Define appropriate analysis methods, modeling approaches, assumptions, and acceptance criteria for assigned structural modifications.
- Perform static strength analysis of primary and secondary aircraft structures, including frames, skins, fittings, equipment supports, racks, consoles, and fuselage cutout reinforcements.
- Develop, modify, and evaluate finite element models using FEMAP/NX Nastran to determine internal loads, stresses, deflections, and structural stiffness.
- Evaluate applicable failure modes, including material strength, panel and cap instability, crippling, fastener shear/tension/bending interaction, bearing, and composite bearing/bypass.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- Graduate Degree
- 10 years mechanical engineering experience
- Nice to have: Gulfstream G550 aircraft structures
- Nice to have: F&DT analysis