Stress Engineer - Springfield, United States - Valcor Engineering Corporation

Description

Stress Engineer

Valcor Engineering is one of the largest and most recognized suppliers of fluid control products in the aircraft, aerospace and military fields. We specialize in the design and manufacture of Solenoid Valves and control components for liquids and gases in critical application in the aerospace, nuclear, light industrial and scientific industries.

The Stress Engineers duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Requirements

• Perform Finite Element (ANSYS) structural, modal, thermal, vibration and shock, line loads, fatigue detailed analysis for complex mechanisms
• Verify analysis using hand calculations
• Use standard NASA calculations for flanged joints, crack growth, bolts static and dynamic loads
• Familiarity with LS-Dyna analysis package, 3D CAD programs (Creo preferred), and GD&T
• Ability to recommend practical design improvements as required
• Proven ability to write complete stress analysis reports
• Ability to present analysis reports
• Work on a daily basis with valves, actuators, tubes, pressurized components, and other aerospace hardware
• Ad-hoc as required by Chief Engineer

Education and Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent field of study
• 5+ years of experience in stress analysis, ideally within Aerospace and Aircraft industries
• Have sound engineering fundamentals
• Desire to work with team of dynamic, high stress/high reward, diversified team of dedicated aerospace engineers
• Working knowledge of aerospace materials and treatments
• Previous experience with modeling programs, but not limited to, CAD/AutoCAD software and other engineering product data management (EPDM) software