Structural Dynamics Engineer

STRUCTURAL, DYNAMICS, PROJECTS, TEST, ELECTRONIC WARFARE

Role Title: Structural Dynamics Engineer
Location: Stevenage
Salary: Up to £65,000 plus bonus and benefits (depending on experience)

Do you have the drive and aptitude to juggle and deliver your expertise across multiple projects?

The creativity and personality to work with others to derive holistic solutions to complex technical problems?

Then this is the opportunity to work on a variety of projects that will stretch your skills and imagination as a Structural Dynamics Engineer. Working for an internationally recognised company, delivering leading edge military systems, you will play a critical role in ensuring that products deliver the necessary performance against key customer requirements.

What are we looking for?

Essential:

• Ideally degree/Doctorate qualified in a subject relevant to the role or demonstrable equivalent experience.

• Experience applying numerical based tools (e.g. Optistruct, RADIOSS, NASTRAN) to investigate and assess structural dynamic (e.g. modal, vibration and shock) problems.

• Good understanding of:

  • The test methods (e.g. multi-axis and MIMO) for evaluating the dynamic (e.g. modal, vibration, crash) responses of structures.
  • Non-linear dynamic effects and the structural damage caused by vibration.
  • Methods for mitigate vibration and shock effects in structures.

• Experience planning and evaluating the results from dynamic tests and using these to validate Finite Element Model predictions.

• Individuals with good problem solving skills who, are self-motivated and can demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.

Desirable:

• Past experience reviewing formal documents/deliverables on projects.

• Experience leading and managing small teams in the delivery of projects.

• Relevant experience in an equivalent or comparable industry.

• Previous experience identifying and delivering capability and technical improvements.

You'll have a bonus on your basic salary which is up to 21%! On average this pays out 16.5% every year and is in addition to your yearly pay reviews in March. Salary depends on your experience, other benefits include flexible working, paid overtime (subject to level), a comprehensive pension scheme, employee funded voluntary private healthcare, sporting activities and more!

If you feel you can deliver complex programmes within EW working closely with the MOD then it's worth getting in touch.