Senior Structural Engineer

Date Posted:

2024-04-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX17: Landing Gear - Fort Worth 4630 N. Beach Street , Haltom City, TX, 76137 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

Collins Military Landing Gear Stress Department is looking for an experienced, highly motivated Senior Structural Engineer to join our Military Stress Team. You will be instrumental in designing and analyzing landing gear for some of the most advanced military aircraft in the world. You will have an opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of engineers in design, performance, test, quality and manufacturing in various locations. You will also interact with customers assisting in technical decisions for the product you are working on.

• The position is working Hybrid at our Fort Worth, TX facility.
• Relocation assistance is available.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform strength, fatigue, and fracture analyses of landing gear structural components
• Construct and analyze finite element structural models using ABAQUS and/or ANSYS software
• Construct beam “stick” models and generate internal loads using NASTRAN
• Perform preliminary sizing and detailed analysis of major structural components using classical hand analysis and FEA methods in support of preliminary design effort and formal drawing release
• Assist with preliminary design trade studies
• Prepare high quality detailed stress reports for customer review and MRB support
• Review drawings with other company disciplines and provide structures input
• Analyze structural repairs for landing gear and systems structural components
• Be responsible and accountable for all assigned stress tasks and their completion dates
• Ensure compliance to established engineering methodologies 
• Communicate and make technical presentations to internal and external customers.
• Able to travel up to 5% domestically and internationally when circumstances permit.
• Perform other duties as required

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and typically a minimum of 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and typically a minimum 3 years of experience
• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required
• https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62
• Experience with Aerospace structures and/or components
• Experience with an FEA (Finite Element Analysis) software
• Experience with 2D and/or 3D modeling software

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ABAQUS, ANSYS or equivalent software
• Experience with NASTRAN/PATRAN
• Working Knowledge of CATIA V5 or equivalent modeling software
• Good understanding of aerospace materials and manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of GD&T (Geometric Dimensions & tolerances)
• Knowledge of ASME Y14.5
• Ability to work autonomously or within a team environment.
• Prior Landing Gear Engineering Experience

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable, and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us! 

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