Fluids/Mechanical Analyst II

Position Title: Fluids/Mechanical Analyst II

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Fluids/Mechanical Analyst opportunity with our client in Kent, WA.

Job Responsibilities:

Design of various pressure vessel types, and shapes to accommodate vehicle space allocation and integration envelope.

Design of fluid lines and flex elements for cryogenic and space application.

Drawing generation, including tolerance and GD&T setup

Ownership of design release cycle, including drawings release, and DFM reviews.

Analysis of primary and secondary spacecraft pressure vessels

Integration of structural analysis with loads and dynamics environments

Finite Element Model development, refinement, validation, and correlation to tests

Strength checks and analysis report generation

Test and verification plan and report generation

Support configuration development and trade studies

Job Qualifications:

Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering

8+ years of experience in the prediction/validation of low and/or high-frequency structural dynamics and loads, in addition to finite element modeling

Solid foundation of structural static/dynamic fundamentals

Passion for spacecraft structural/environmental loads development/validation

Ability to solve a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools)

Experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or automotive in some of the following areas:

External loads

Vibro-acoustic analysis

Thermal Loading

Analysis using Nastran, Ansys, Abaqus, LS-Dyna, or Optistruct

Preferred Qualifications:

COPV Pressure Vessel design and analysis

Metallic Pressure Vessel design and analysis

Fluids Lines design and analysis

Flex Elements design and analysis

Composite design and analysis skills in any thermoset, thermoplastic, metal matrix and ceramic matrix composites

Manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization & allowable development

Experience testing materials, joints, components and vehicles

Structural optimization using standard industry codes (Optistruct, HyperSizer, Nastran Sol 200, etc)

Experience with ProEngineer Wildfire 4 / Creo Parametric or greater piping / routing module

Experience with Human spaceflight

Experience with composites

Experience with AIAA S-080 and S-081

Experience with EJMA Ninth and Tenth Edition

Job Details:

Contract Position

Locations: Multiple on-site location options

Pay Range: Kent, WA $56-$64

El Segundo, CA $56-$66

Van Horn, TX $51-$60

Space Coast, FL $47-$53

Denver, CO $51-$60

Phoenix, AZ $47-$53

ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, 2 insurance plans (100% paid for employee only - HDHP plan, and a buy-up POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan