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.

What you will need:

• 2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA

• 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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