Senior Thermostructures Engineering, Casual
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Job Description
Senior thermostructures engineer advancing structural integrity for U.S. space missions at The Aerospace Corporation. Mentoring engineers, leading analyses, and supporting mission assurance.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as senior mentor for the development of early career staff, providing technical guidance and insight
- Conduct peer reviews of technical products and findings
- Maintain authoritative expertise in the development, analysis, and verification of space structures and structural design criteria and test methods
- Publish clarifications, insights, and guidance on technical topics related to mission assurance and structural verification and validation
- Provide technical leadership for mission assurance processes for U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, and NRO missions
- Perform independent analyses and assessments, hardware reviews, stress analysis report evaluations, flight data evaluations, and flight/test anomaly investigations
- Lead and coordinate technical studies across organizational personnel
- Assess program risk and advise program offices and customers during certification, development, and operational phases
- Represent the organization at technical meetings, presentations, and symposia
- Identify, evaluate, and resolve issues, anomalies, and challenges related to aerospace thermostructural technologies
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree and 12 or more years showing progressively increased responsibility
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with customers and contractor personnel
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-organization teams through all phases of product execution
- Expert knowledge in the failure mechanics of metallic and composite hardware associated with typical manufacturing and processing issues
- Expert knowledge in using Mentat/Marc, Nastran, Abaqus, Ansys, or other commercial finite element tools
- Willing to occasionally travel domestically to work locations or customer sites
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance issued by the US government
- US citizenship required
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
- 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
- Flexible spending accounts
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
- Relocation assistance
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- Education assistance programs
- Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
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