Senior Stress Engineer | Heavy Industry Focussed | Oxfordshire | Competitive Salary | Performance Bonus Scheme
Our client is looking for a Senior role providing structural analysis to support their diverse project portfolio. You will be Aiding conceptual direction, design-development and developing toolsets and methodologies for improved correlation with physical test.
As a Senior Stress Engineer you will:
• Working across a matrix structure, supporting project teams to fulfil customer requirements and deliverables.
• To be client-centric, interacting directly with internal and external customers.
• To work across a wider variety of projects, for diverse clients across a number of engineering sectors.
• Provide project pre-contract and kick off representation as well as main point of contact and independent
running of large, complex projects.
• Aiding concept direction, through feasibility and early stage analysis.
• Presentation, reporting and discussion of analysis results and participation in design reviews.
• Creation, development and running of stress analysis simulations including:
- Implicit analysis in response to service loads
- Explicit analysis in response to crash requirements
- Modal and frequency response simulation
- Fatigue analysis and calculation
• Hand calculations for mechanical fixings, inserts and bonded joints
• Load case generation from various sources
• Detailed analysis of simulation results and creation of comprehensive post processing.
• Aiding correlation activity with input to physical testing, calibration and validation.
• To balance multiple concurrent projects and manage your own workload.
• Developing co-simulation toolsets and stress methodologies.
• Documenting procedures, best practises and simulation methodologies
• Supporting/mentoring of engineers and project engineers within the group
• Checking and approval of calculations, simulations and reports.
• Management of external CAE resource in conjunction with the CAE Manager/Lead Engineer
• Actively pursuing CPD activity within professional engineering
As a Senior Stress Engineer you will have:
A Degree in mechanical, automotive, or aerospace engineering.
• EXTENSIVE experience of stress simulation with one or more of the following:
• Implicit analysis, ideally using Altair OPTISTRUCT
• Explicit analysis, ideally using Altair RADIOSS or LS-Dyna
• Fatigue analysis, ideally using nCode or FEMFAT"
• Knowledge of running non-linear analysis would be beneficial.
• Experience with analysis of metallic and composite structures would be beneficial.
• Experience in the automotive, aerospace or motorsport industry.
• Some practical experience of physical testing would be beneficial.
• Working knowledge of TeamCentre and of CATIA V5 or Siemens NX would be advantageous.