What are the responsibilities and job description for the Structural Engineer position at Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.?
Job Description:
The successful candidate will provide engineering analysis services including the creation, editing, analysis, and correlation of finite element models of impact dynamics events in support of the ongoing research and engineering projects in the NASA Langley Research Center Structural Dynamics Branch.
The work will include creating models in the explicit finite element analysis package LS-DYNA from scratch, based on drawings, from three-dimensional scans, or from other customer models of various types of impact dynamics events including but not limited to aircraft crashes or landings, spacecraft water splashdowns, and interaction and impact with solids, soils, water, ice, and regolith on Earth and other planetary bodies.
The successful candidate will analyze and interpret simulation results to compare them with empirical results and improve model fidelity and be present for experiments for which they are building LS-DYNA models.
The work will need to be documented in presentation formats, reports, and technical memos and the successful candidate will present their work to internal NASA groups, project leadership, and customers at project meetings, branch meetings, and design reviews as requested by project managers.
Required Qualifications:
- PhD Structural Engineering
- Demonstrated experience using LS-Dyna.
Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) is proud of our customer relationships, our diverse and dynamic work environment, and our employees' career satisfaction. AMA is a small business with a wide reach; headquartered in Hampton, VA, AMA has operations in Greenbelt, MD; Huntsville, AL; Dallas and Houston, TX; Denver, CO; Mountain View, CA; and Edwards Air Force Base, CA. With over 60 years of experience, AMA specializes in aerospace engineering, science, analytics, information technology, and visualization solutions. AMA combines the best of engineering, science, and mathematics capabilities with the latest in information technologies, visualization, and multimedia to build creative solutions. We offer competitive salaries and a substantial benefits package, including but not limited to paid personal and federally recognized holiday leave, salary deferrals into a 401(k)-matching plan with immediate vesting, tuition reimbursement, short/long term disability plans, and a variety of medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
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