Primary Responsibilities • Perform structural analyses for assigned tooling and production equipment including static, fatigue, vibration, dynamic, and thermal evaluations per SOW deliverables. • Build, validate, and deliver FEA models and hand calculation backups that demonstrate structural integrity and support design decisions. • Produce formal stress analysis packages and final reports that document assumptions, loads, boundary conditions, material data, margins, and acceptance criteria. • Create and maintain versioned deliverables, model files, input decks, mesh controls, post-processing outputs, and annotated CAD interfaces. • Participate in design reviews, milestone reviews, and production readiness reviews; present analysis results and address Client review comments within agreed response timelines. • Investigate tooling discrepancies, failures, or unexpected behavior; perform root cause analysis and provide documented corrective actions and dispositions. • Develop and maintain reusable stress templates, calculation guides, checklists, and procedures to standardize tooling analysis practices for the tooling community. • Coordinate with cross-functional teams, tooling designers, welding, composites, mechanical, and lifting design for safety controls to ensure analysis inputs and outputs support integrated tooling solutions. • Ensure deliverables meet contractual acceptance criteria and hand off editable models/reports per Client configuration and repository requirements. • Perform knowledge transfer activities at defined milestones and contract closeout; walkthroughs of models, assumptions, and procedures; transfer of editable files and verification artifacts. • Follow Client, contractor onboarding, site safety, export control, and data handling procedures; complete any required trainings prior to work on site or Client systems.
Required Skills • Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical discipline from an accredited program. • Minimum 2 years experience performing structural analysis (static or fatigue) on tooling, fixtures, equipment, or structural members. • Experience building or reviewing 3D CAD models (e.g., CATIA, Creo, ProE, AutoCAD) to derive geometry and interfaces for analysis. • Experience producing clear technical reports documenting assumptions, boundary conditions, loads, material properties, and acceptance criteria. • Proficiency with standard office tools (Microsoft Office or equivalent) and basic configuration/version control practices. • Strong written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to present technical results to engineering and production audiences. • Eligible to work as a contractor under the SOW and perform on Client premises as required.
Preferred Qualifications • Mid to Senior experience thresholds (5 years related experience or equivalent). • 3 years experience with FEA tools such as Altair HyperWorks, Abaqus, Nastran, Ansys, or equivalent; demonstrated model validation practices. • 3 years experience with CATIA or equivalent solid modeling tools focused on tooling. • 5 years experience in Tooling Stress Engineering or production tooling support preferred. • Familiarity with welding, below-the-hook, lifting gear, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, and composites as applied to tooling assemblies. • Experience working to industry standards, hardware codes, and safety requirements; ability to document compliance and margins. • Experience developing stress templates, guidebooks, or procedures for engineering teams. • Prior contractor experience supporting aerospace production programs and performing formal handoffs of analysis deliverables to host engineering organizations. • Demonstrated track record of resolving production tooling issues, improving tooling safety/usability, or reducing rework through engineering analysis.