Senior stress engineer

Senior Stress Engineer Stress; FEA; Structures; Materials Science; Mechanical Engineering £40,000 - £55,000 + excellent bens. Kidderminster (Hybrid available) A cutting-edge Aerospace & Defence organisation have a unique opportunity for a Stress Engineer to join their Design team. The design department designs new and modified rocket motors and related systems. Analysis of rocket motor designs, including: Ballistic performance prediction and modelling, propellant charge and hardware stress analysis, and the provision of documentation service. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & REPONSIBILITIES - Stress Engineer Technical Responsibilities Analysis of new and existing rocket motor systems such as motor hardware and propellant charge structural and thermal analysis using FEA software. The use of various software and programming techniques, including: Abaqus, Altair-Hyperworks, Fortran and Matlab. Rheological analysis of material testing results and providing advice to the technical community for validation and verification of FEA models. Development of motor structural test plans and involvement in the delivery and assessment of the structural testing results. Responsible as the structural performance technical authority aspects of assigned projects, including supporting project customer meetings, project investigations, design reviews, and corresponding customer stress engineers. Deliver key project documentation including, structural analysis and structural test plans and reports and structural design records. EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND - Stress Engineer Educated to degree level in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Aerospace or Structural or another related discipline such as Material Science. Material science knowledge Use of ABAQUS software in an professional or academic environment Experience with CAD modelling