Lead Stress Analyst

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university.
• Possess 4-8 years of relevant industry experience with a bachelor's degree, or 2-6 years with a master's degree.
• Demonstrated experience with any of the commercial finite element analysis tools (e.g. FEMAP/NX NASTRAN, PATRAN/MSC NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus, etc.).
• Strong technical writing, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to thrive in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
• Capable of working as part of a larger analysis team or working as the sole analyst on a project.
• U.S. citizenship and a current Final Secret Clearance-or eligibility to obtain and maintain one.
• Residence in, or willingness to relocate to, the Huntsville, Alabama area.
• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with a 3.5 or higher GPA.
• Advanced expertise in
• Linear and nonlinear contact FEA
• Application of nonlinear material properties to both FEA and hand calculations
• Integrated multi-physics analysis
• Bolted joint and weld analysis
• Dynamics analysis (modal, response spectrum, shock, vibration)
• Bolted joint and weld analysis
• Fatigue analysis
• Composite materials analysis
• Thermal analysis

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Original Posting:

September 15, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.