Propulsion Strength Lead 5 - Vulcan Development

As a Propulsion Structural Analysis Team Lead who has ownership over technical scope assigned to the team, job responsibilities include the following:

• Candidate will lead a team of analysts through Vulcan Development activities, including Centaur V on SLS in support of Artemis and Upper Stage Advancement long-duration capabilities
• Candidate will act in an analysis SME (Subject Matter Expert) role to lead the team through complex structural analysis problems where solutions require significant cross-discipline coordination and creative thinking
• Candidate will support propulsion and mechanical analysis, system integration, project management, and anomaly resolution
• Candidate will lead the team in advanced strength, fatigue, and fracture analyses of structural components, including nonlinear analyses
• Candidate will perform self-guided work, with focus on helping the team resolve analysis challenges and developing new analysis tools/methodologies/processes to drive long-term organizational improvements
• Candidate will help build the capabilities of lower-level engineers in order to strengthen the enterprise expertise through knowledge transfer, mentoring, and formal training
• Candidate will facilitate work scope planning, prioritization, execution, and issue resolution and communicate status to program leaders
• Candidate will create advanced analysis models, perform hand calculations, and understand analysis best practices to provide strength inputs and recommendations for new designs and installations
• Candidate will review and approve 3D engineering layouts, 3D models, designs/drawings, and 2D drawing changes for a variety of propulsion, fluid system, and mechanical system components
• Candidate will make engineering design recommendations with consideration of thermal, mechanical, and pressure loading using appropriate material properties, configurations, safety factors, etc.
• Candidate will drive internal peer reviews, tabletop reviews, and formal design reviews as needed
• Candidate will interact with key suppliers, working to ensure that their analysis products are conducive to contracted efforts and that there are seamless transitions among analyses products used for verifications
• Candidate will support fast-paced design/analysis cycles and evaluate hardware nonconformances to support production activities
• Candidate will assist the team in creating analysis automation tools

Minimum of 8 years of related work experience, * Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field from an accredited college or university

• 3+ years of experience serving in a lead role for an analysis team where large program objectives were supported directly
• Ability to make design recommendations based on first-order analysis results and engineering judgement/experience
• Ability to resolve technical issues, leveraging all available analysis tools and methodologies
• Ability to make design recommendations based on analysis results/experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and Agile tools, including Jira
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Detailed understanding of materials and material properties
• Advanced experience with structural analysis (tanks, adapters, brackets)
• Advanced experience analysis of propulsion hardware (tubing, ducting, flex joints)
• Experience developing tools for analyzing propulsion systems including tubing, ducting, bellows, and supplier components
• Understanding of fatigue/fracture analysis methodology and the ability to develop tools that facilitate this analysis
• Understanding of bolted joint analysis and modeling and the ability to develop tools that facilitate this analysis
• Understanding of GD&T standards and principles
• Understanding of analysis best practices and underlying assumptions, along with the ability to establish these standards for the team
• Understanding of basic hand calculations
• Experience resolving hardware nonconformances
• Familiarity with the following tools/software:
• Nastran (static, modal, dynamic and nonlinear analysis solutions)
• Femap pre-/post-processor
• NX CAD/Simulation
• NASGRO fracture mechanics tool
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Unix/Linux-mainframe-based analysis tools
• Matlab
• Abaqus
• Jira

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with component suppliers to drive requirements for component development and qualification

• Experience running/creating analysis automation and pre- and post-processing scripts using the following tools:

• Unix, Matlab, Python, Excel

Experience leading static/dynamic testing and model correlation

Experience leading structural optimization techniques for mass savings

Experience integrating with system-level analysis models (e.g. coupled loads models)

Experience with NASA man-rating analysis and qualification requirements, including but not limited to NASA-STD-5019 and NASA-STD-5001

General knowledge of fabrication methods for mechanical hardware, such as machining, welding, processing and assembly

Familiarity with mechanical support equipment

Familiarity with composite structural analysis

Experience leading analysis efforts that support cross-functional teams

Experience working development programs within the Agile framework and understanding of Agile tools, including Jira

$152,367.00 - $253,946.00 paid time off, 401(k), We offer our employees competitive pay and benefits including:

• 401(k) match plus an additional employer contribution
• Discretionary annual incentive bonus for eligible employees
• Generous paid time off
• Flexible work environments

Additionally, most salaried ULA team members work a “9/80 schedule,” meaning they enjoy every other Friday off.

Benefits and work schedules may vary for union-represented hourly positions and are described in the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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