Structural Analysis Engineer

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

We are looking for a Structural Analysis Engineer

The candidate will support the Structural Analysis Group activities by:

• Modelling  activities, in terms  of  finite  elements,  of  structural  hardwares, using pre-post commercial  software.
• Performing  Structural  analyses with  MSC Nastran, in particular static and  dynamic analyses, including  generation of reduced models ( Craig Bampton and superelements)
• Supporting  design activities, taking into account  manufacturing aspects (e.g. bolt selection  and  calculation)
• Performing  Multi-body Analyses to contribute  to  the  mechanism design  and  to  study  the  impact manoeuvres
• Performing Vibro-acoustic  analyses
• Supporting  test  activities, defining  instrumentation plan, and  attending  to  the  test  activities  to  evaluate  in   real  time  the  empirical results and  to  guarantee  the  integrity  of  the  structure.
•  Evaluating  the  test  results and updating  the  mathematical  models on the  basis  of  the  correlation  test-analysis  results

Key duties:

• Generation ofreducedmodel ( Craig Bampton or superelement) to be deliveredforCoupled Load Analyses
• Multibody modelgenerationto study thephenomenaofimpact and themechanismsandtheirperformance

Skills, experience and qualifications required:

• Master degree in Aeronautical  or  Mechanical engineering
• Languages:
  • Very  good  knowledge  of  English written  and  speech
  • French  Language  knowledge  will  be  considered additional asset
• The following skills are considered a ‘must’ for this position:
• Knowledge ofpre-post codes togenerateFinite Element Models (MSCPatran, FEMAP, Hypermesh)
• Knowledge to perform independently structural analyses with finiteelement (MSC Nastran, Ansys, Actran)
• Knowledge to defineanalytically sine, random andshockenvironments and loads,applyingwhen necessarynotchingcriteria
• Knowledge ofMatlab –Simulink
• Knowledge ofsoftwareto performMultibody Analyses ( MSC Adams, HyperWorks)
• The following skills are considered a ‘plus’ for this position:
  • Definition of specifications for structure
  • Definition of environmentandloads
  • Knowledge ofDynaworks
  • Knowledge of CAD modeling and drawing

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