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United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

Strength Analyst 1 - Vulcan Development

Materials & StructuresUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeCentennial, CO, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field from an accredited college or university.
  • Ability to make design recommendations based on analysis results and experience.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
  • Understanding of materials and material properties.
  • Understanding of fatigue and fracture analysis tools and methodology.
  • Understanding of bolted joint modeling and analysis.
  • Understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards and principles.
  • Understanding of analysis best practices and underlying assumptions.
  • Understanding of basic hand calculations.
  • Familiarity with CAD and simulation tools, finite element analysis (FEA) tools, Mathcad, MATLAB, and Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Support Vulcan Development activities, including Centaur V on SLS in support of Artemis and Upper Stage Advancement long-duration capabilities.
  • Perform strength, fatigue, and fracture analyses of propulsion and structural components, including nonlinear analyses.
  • Create analysis models, perform hand calculations, and apply analysis best practices to provide strength inputs and recommendations for new designs and installations.
  • Review and approve 3-D engineering layouts, 3-D models, designs and drawings, and 2-D drawing changes for propulsion, fluid system, and mechanical system components.
  • Make engineering design recommendations considering thermal, mechanical, and pressure loading, as well as appropriate material properties, configurations, and safety factors.
  • Document analysis results in strength reports.
  • Support internal peer reviews, tabletop reviews, and formal design reviews as needed.
  • Support fast-paced design and analysis cycles and trade studies.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with Nastran for static, modal, dynamic, and nonlinear analysis solutions.
  • Familiarity with Femap pre- and post-processing.
  • Familiarity with the NASGRO fracture mechanics tool.
  • Familiarity with Unix/Linux mainframe-based analysis tools.
  • Experience running or creating analysis automation and pre- and post-processing scripts using Unix, MATLAB, Python, and Excel.
  • Experience with static and dynamic testing and model correlation.
  • Experience with structural optimization techniques for mass savings.
  • Knowledge of the NASGRO fracture mechanics tool and Abaqus.

About the Company

United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

ULA builds launch vehicles for national security, NASA and commercial space missions. Its rockets are designed to reach challenging and distant orbits and deliver highly accurate payload insertions, offering wide orbital flexibility for different mission profiles. The company’s approach centers on providing reliable, direct-to-orbit capabilities tailored to meet customers’ needs for secure national missions, space agency programs, and commercial launches. The goal is to expand access to space by offering dependable, precise launches that can place payloads into the specific orbits required by each mission.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.6B
Headquarters
Centennial, CO
Founded
2006

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