Naval Structures Modeling Engineer

This is an onsite position at Peraton's customer site: NSWCCD West Bethesda, MD.

Peraton is hiring a Naval Structures Modeling Engineer to do the following:

• Support the US Navy's Structural Acoustics research team at NSWC Carderock Division. 
• Candidate will work with Finite Element Modeling / Finite Element Analysis (FEM/FEA) tools to support ongoing research into the acoustics of US Navy platforms. 
• Significant portion of responsibilities will involve generation and test of FEM model meshes of complex Naval structures using commercial FEM tools. 
• Additional efforts will include running FEA tools, generating results, and assisting Government SMEs in analysis of the FEA results. 

Candidate will work within a Government - Contractor team performing multiple projects concurrently.  A successful candidate must be a self-starter able to communicate with multiple teams, set and adjust priorities and schedules, and deliver results per schedule.  

Education and Experience:

5 years with BSME, BS Physics or Math; 3 years with MSME or MS; 0 years with PhD

Required:

• Demonstrated experience with Finite Element Modeling.  Must have experience defining model meshes of complex structures.
• Demonstrated experience using commercial FEM/FEA tools such as COMSOL, ANSYS, Abaqus.  
• DoD SECRET Clearance

Desired:

• Experienced COMSOL user

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