altentechnologyusa

Stress Analysis Engineer

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At a Glance

Location
Chula Vista, California, United States
Experience
5+ years
Posted
2026-04-03T13:41:56-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

CATIA

Domain Knowledge

  • Aerospace

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on aerospace stress analysis experience.

Experience with FEA pre/post-processing tools.

Working knowledge of composite and metallic failure criteria, buckling, crippling, joint analysis, and fatigue/damage tolerance methods.

Experience with CATIA V5 or Siemens NX for interpreting 3D CAD geometry.

Familiarity with Teamcenter or Enovia PLM environments.

Prior experience on nacelle, thrust reverser, pylon, or aerostructures programs.

Compensation & Benefits

• $100,000-120,000 per year

• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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Responsibilities

Perform static, fatigue, and damage tolerance analysis of metallic and composite aerospace structures using classical methods and FEA.

Develop, validate, and maintain finite element models using MSC NASTRAN or NX NASTRAN.

Utilize HyperMesh for pre- and post-processing of FE models.

Prepare formal stress reports, substantiation documents, and margins-of-safety summaries for internal review and customer/certification authority submittal.

Collaborate with design, materials & processes, manufacturing, and test engineering teams to support design reviews (PDR, CDR) and resolve structural issues.

Review and interpret test data; correlate test results to analytical models.

About the Company

Compliance Notice:

Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.