Sr Associate, Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace Structures)

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Job Title: Sr Associate, Mechanical Engineering

Job Code: 34346

Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off!)

Relocation: Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants

Job Description:

L3Harris Space and Mission Systems is seeking an engineer to perform mechanical analysis tasks on complex systems including precision mechanisms, electro-mechanical hardware, opto-mechanical, and complex electronic packaging in a program team environment. This position is responsible for the analysis of composite, metallic, and glass components and assemblies for space, airborne, and ground-based systems.

Essential Functions:

• Working under limited general direction and exercising considerable latitude in determining methods and approaches, performs structural analysis as part of a team to provide design guidance and verify product designs to meet structural, thermal and optical performance requirements
• Interpret design specifications and perform classical analysis or create finite element models of complex components and assemblies for structural analysis
• Analyze the models for stress, strain, displacement, modes, etc. at both component and assembly levels
• Prepare reports, formal documentation, and presentation materials summarizing analysis results and presenting results to both external and internal groups.
• Program support includes assisting with mission/requirements definition, concept generation, trade studies, design sensitivity/optimization studies, preliminary and final design, component selection, integration and test support, materials selection, CAD 3D solid modeling, design documentation and collaboration with manufacturing operations for fabrication in a team environment.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
• Up to 10% travel may be required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related engineering or science degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
• Professional experience with FEA codes and Pre/Post Processors (preferably MSC or NX Nastran and Femap or Patran)
• Professional experience with structural analysis methods (FEA and hand-calculations)
• Professional experience in aerospace systems

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active Security Clearance
• Experience with Creo 4
• Knowledge of system level hardware design & development, mechanical and structural analysis, payload level integration & test, and risk mitigation for ground, air or space-based environments.
• Experience with opto-mechanical hardware
• Strong analytical skills with emphasis on using and/or directing finite element analysis (FEA)
• Familiarity with vibration, dynamics and loads, stability and stress-based fatigue and thermal distortion analysis
• Experience in the space industry highly desired
• Familiarity with 3D CAD programs such as Creo or Pro/E
• Experience with computational programming (Matlab, Python, Fortran)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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