External Loads Engineer- Onsite

Job Title: External Loads Engineer- Onsite - Waco, TX

Duration: 6 - 12 Months Potential temp to perm

Location: Waco, TX

45085

Job Description:

Seeking for an experienced External Loads Engineer for our onsite facility located in Waco, TX.

The External Loads Engineer will perform analysis of fixed wing and rotary aircraft to generate and compile externally applied loads on the aircraft. Designs, develops, and tests a variety of power plants, aircraft, missiles, and parts, taking into consideration the most efficient use of the natural laws affecting flight. Establishes structural design criteria, performs loads analysis, and supports loads validation tests.

· Responsible for generating mass properties data, inertias and finite element models to determine inertial loads.

· Will compile aerodynamic data, mass properties data, dynamics data, and aircraft state data to provide combined load cases to distribute to the airframe models.

· Will develop structural design criteria data and documentation.

· Subtasks may include the generation of free-body diagrams, determination of reaction forces, preparation of shear and moment diagrams, execution of simulation tools, data processing and assimilation, and down selecting of critical conditions.

· Must interact with other functional engineering disciplines.

Qualifications:

· BSAE/BSME + 4 years structural engineering experience in developing aircraft loads (or 2 years experience with MSAE/MSME).

· Must have experience in finite element modeling and analyses codes. MSC PATRAN or FEMAP and MSC Nastran is preferred.

· Must have experience in MATLAB or other scripting languages (Visual Basic, Pearl, Python, etc.)

· Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems is preferred.

· Must be knowledgeable in Military and/or commercial certification requirements.

· Must have ground and flight test loads experience.

· Must be able to travel as necessary.

· Must be able to obtain a security clearance.

· Must be proficient in Microsoft Office and have general computer knowledge.

Must be able to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required.

Thank you,

Shiva Mittal