Entry Level Mechanical Engineer

Company

Description

Overview

Stress Engineering Services, Inc. is the premier provider of engineered solutions and professional consulting services across a wide range of engineering disciplines. Since 1972, our clients have benefited from our special in-depth technical knowledge and proven performance in failure analysis, solid mechanics and structural design, reliability and predictive engineering, instrumentation and testing, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, floating systems, forensics, and material science. We maintain an excellent reputation within the industries we serve, with more than 80% of our current business from repeat clients or direct referrals.

Responsibilities

• Support client projects relative to the mechanical engineering of structural components including design, testing, inspection, installation and related technical issues
• Help in preparation of proposals, presentations, and technical reports
• Component evaluation through structural, mechanical and multi-physics FEA - Review client information, generate efficient and accurate FEA models, QA, perform analysis steps, post-process results, and prepare report with documented conclusions
• Develop tools that automate tasks to improve efficiency and accuracy
• Support project manager to meet project goals and deliverables
• Participate in project reviews internally and externally
• Assist with internal R&D initiatives as needed
• Contribute to the growth of the company through participation in technical associations and presentation of conference papers / presentations
• Maintain compliance with Quality Management System processes and procedures
• Maintain awareness and training on new technologies and improvements to maintaining proficiency

Qualifications

• Must have or be expecting soon an M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics or Mechanical Engineering
• Must be knowledgeable in various analysis methods: General Purpose FEA (Ansys, Abaqus), Meshing Software (ABAQUS/CAE, Patran), CAD Software (AutoCAD, Patran, SolidWorks), Programing Language (C++, Fortran, VisualBasic)
• Must be willing and able to travel as needed (10% or less of time)
• Strong academic background in mechanics of materials principles, material behavior, fracture mechanics principles, and nonlinear FEA preferred
• Further knowledge in: Structural Software (STAAD, RISA, Sap2000), Task Automation/Data Analysis (Python, R) preferred
• Ability to balance engineering judgment with business priorities and constraints to deliver high-value work products preferred
• Ability to research and develop sound technical solutions and skills preferred
• Ability to visualize 3D objects from 2D drawings preferred
• In depth knowledge of MS Office Suite required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex situations and problems to those familiar and those unfamiliar with the technical details required
• Ability to work independently but leverage input in complex problem solving required
• Ability to adapt to changing work environments and priorities required
• Desire to solve real-world problems required
• Good people skills such as effective listening required