Aviation Structural Engineering, Lead Associate

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. The Aviation Structural Engineering, Lead Associate will provide structural engineering support to Army Aviation customers, applying advanced techniques to evaluate design alternatives and ensure airworthiness qualifications.

Responsibilities:

• Provides structural engineering support to Army Aviation customers by applying classical structural methods and advanced finite element modeling techniques to; evaluate possible new design alternatives, repairs, and/or redesign efforts
• Performs fatigue analysis/ fracture mechanics evaluation, investigates accidents causing personal injury/illness or property damage and recommends measures that can be taken to prevent reoccurrence
• Provides technical expertise to the airworthiness qualification/release programs standard configurations and/or alterations/modifications to standard configurations
• Will apply top technical expertise in, recommending technical/test requirements, specifications, acceptance criteria and measuring programs consistent with, and in the definition of, design criteria, including statements of work and airworthiness qualification specifications and plans
• Analyses structural design criteria, stress, internal and external loads, finite element modeling, strength and margins of safety, statistical evaluations, and structural design
• Provides fatigue test requirements and test plan definition and evaluating fatigue test results; providing flight load survey test plan definition, determining fatigue methodology requirements; and analyzing and reviewing design and production drawings
• Tests plans and reports for laboratory and flight tests, and field support documents such as depot maintenance work requests, technical manuals, and quality deficiency reports
• The position requires experience and the ability to perform detailed and complex calculations, including classical stress analysis techniques, finite element modeling techniques, fatigue/fracture mechanics analysis techniques, and aerospace structures design, plus knowledge of practices/principles necessary to assess advanced systems concepts, assess specifications and perform system integration

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years with BS/BA, 3 years with MS/MA, 0 years with PhD
• Experience in Aircraft Structural Analysis with a degree in Engineering
• Understanding of statistical reliability for engineering structures
• Understanding of Classical Stress Analysis Techniques, Finite Element Modeling Techniques, Fatigue/Fracture Mechanics Analysis Techniques, and Aerospace Structures Design
• Understanding of practices/principles necessary to assess advanced systems concepts, assess specifications and develop structural airworthiness requirements
• Experience performing Finite Element Analysis using Patran, FEMAP, or ANSYS
• Experience with CAD modeling and reading engineering drawings
• Knowledge of structural bench testing, static and fatigue of aircraft structural components
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
• Experience with analysis of rotor head (dynamic) components a plus
• Experience with composite structures is desired