Amazon Structural Analysis Engineer Integrity 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

370252892

This structural analysis engineer must have a background in spacecraft development, and must be able to understand the balance between engineering judgment versus analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.Key job responsibilities
- Perform structural analysis tasks;
- Document stress analysis substantiating engineering drawings and documents;
- Support test execution, analyze results, and document verification of structural requirements;
- Support production and operation support activities through analysis of non-conformances, investigating failures, and analyzing improvements;
- Supporting configuration development and trade studies;
- Maintain and report on activity schedule, budget and technical status;
- Support internal/external design reviews, technical interchange meetings (TIMs), preliminary/critical design reviews (PDR/CDR)Export Control Requirement:
A day in the life

- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical engineering field, or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of working in structural analysis engineering or equivalent experience
- Vehicle load path definition, development of freebody diagrams and, strength analysis (both metallic and composite structures);
- Classical aerospace sizing methods;
- Experience with one or more of the following analysis codes: Nastran, Ansys, Abaqus (including experience with FEM modeling techniques such as boundary conditions, element types, structural idealization, bolted connections, contact, verification methods, etc.);
- Analysis of stability critical structures;
- Bolted joint calculations: bolt preload, joint stiffness, shear-tension interaction and, insert pull-out

- Master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
- Experience in the design of complex mechanical products and equipment at volume
- Programming skills in VBA/Python/Matlab
- Experience with prototyping and implementation
- CAD experience - Siemens NX or equivalent