Engineer/Senior Engineer, Mechanical Engineering

Requirements

• [Company] is a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm. Our multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, physicians, and regulatory consultants brings together more than 90 different disciplines to solve complicated problems facing corporations, insurers, government entities, associations and individuals. Our approximately 900 staff members work in 24 offices across the United States and abroad. [Company] has over 600 consultants, including more than 350 that have earned a doctorate in their chosen field of specialization.
• [Company] Mechanical Engineering Practice has provided over forty years of services related to the investigation and analysis of products ranging from aircraft and marine transportation to all types of industrial equipment and consumer products. [Company] provides clients with a thorough comprehension of current or potential designs to determine vulnerabilities before failures occur, develop appropriate mitigation methods, and provide post-failure investigations. Consultants review the reliability of processes and products for a variety of industries, including transportation, heavy industry, energy, and consumer products.

Some of [Company]  Mechanical Engineering capabilities include:

• Aviation & Aerospace Services
• Batteries & Energy Storage Technology
• Engineering Mechanics
• Life Prediction and Fitness for Service
• Pipelines & Process Piping
• Product Qualification & Recall Consulting
• Worker & Machine Safety Investigations
• [Company] is currently hiring an Engineer/Senior Engineer in our Houston,TX office. The individual in this position will be responsible for analyzing a wide variety of mechanical and materials failures ranging from consumer products to complex mechanical systems. This position will involve experimental testing, field inspections, engineering analysis, and finite element modeling. The successful candidate will be expected to apply the principles of mechanical engineering design, applied mechanics and fracture mechanics to a wide variety of technical problems. The candidate will interact with clients, managers, engineers, laboratory personnel and non-technical staff.

Qualifications for this position include:

• Ph.D. or equivalent advanced degree in relevant field, such as applied mechanics, the mechanics of materials, or mechanical engineering
• 2 - 5 years of experience in Finite Element analysis is preferable
• Must have extended experience in using one or more commercial finite element software packages such as ABAQUS, MSC/Marc, ANSYS, and/or LS-Dyna and understand the fundamentals of the finite element analysis methodology
• Some knowledge of metallurgy would be beneficial
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to convey technical information to individuals in engineering, business, legal and related industries