Engineer Aeronautical 3

Job#: 3051747

Job Description:

Candidates must be U.S. citizens able to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense security clearance as a condition and continuation of employment.

An opportunity is available for an Engineer Aeronautical 3 to support the Air Breathing Propulsion department. This position is located on-site in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Clearance: Secret Clearance

Role Overview

The position involves applying engineering principles, industry standards, and customer requirements to develop and perform thermo-structural analysis simulations. This work supports design activities across all product lines for Propulsion Systems and Controls. The role includes developing thermo-structural models, gridding, selecting boundary conditions and constraints, and choosing appropriate material properties and simulation methodologies. Additionally, this position will coordinate strategies for leveraging multi-disciplinary design, optimization, and analysis processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop analytical approaches to assist in resolving structural and thermo-structural mechanics issues.
• Provide recommendations on structural mechanics and materials to working groups.
• Develop methodologies, interpret analytical results, and recommend design improvements.
• Prepare technical reports and present work products to internal and external customers.
• Provide technical assessments of test hardware and test data.
• Develop material models for thermal or structural analyses.
• Assist in developing material test plans, selecting test methods, and analyzing test data to support material modeling.
• Provide analytical services for failure investigations, including developing fault trees and assessing fault causes.
• Assist project teams in designing experiments to gather data for detailed analyses.
• Form working relationships with the internal and external customer technical community.
• Organize, preserve, and manage engineering data, design documentation, and models.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills:

• Applied knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project).
• Experience with Structural Analysis.
• Experience with Thermal Analysis.
• Experience with thermal analytical simulation of air-breathing engines.
• ANSYS mechanical experience.
• Must be willing and able to obtain a DOD Secret clearance and SAP access prior to supporting the project

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DOD Secret Clearance
• Experience with thermal/structural analytical simulation of air-breathing engines; experience with rocket motors is also beneficial.
• Applicable experience in performing thermal/structural analysis on metals and composite materials.
• Knowledge of nonlinear material properties and their implementation using FEA.
• Experience with high and low cycle fatigue, as well as damage tolerance using NASGRO or an equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and present analytical results in both oral and written formats.
• ANSYS ADPL, ANSYS Classic, ANSYS Finite Element Analysis, and Non-Linear Analysis.

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Employee Type:

Contract

Location:

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US

Job Type:

Engineering and Technicians

Date Posted:

October 7, 2026

Pay Range:

$60 - $85 per hour

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