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, * 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

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.