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Stress Analyst

Company Overview:

KODA is a people-first company. We are a consecutive four-time winner of Huntsville's Best Places to Work® Gold Award and recently earned the distinction as a Best Place for Working Parents®. Named the #1 fastest-growing company in Alabama in 2021, KODA is a small business focused on solving complex engineering problems on national-priority projects in domains such as missile defense, hypersonics, DOD space and civil space. Our team has expertise in Radar and Missile Development, Multi-Domain Operations, Flight and Ground Test Planning and Execution, Tactical Data Link Testing, Test Range Instrumentation, Systems Engineering & Integration, Model & Simulation Development, and Digital Engineering / Model-Based Systems Engineering.

KODA, a Native American word meaning 'allies', describes us as individuals and as a company. We are allies to our customers and to each other - trust and integrity are critical in all we do. We put our people first, we are driven by the important national-priority missions we support, and we are dedicated to giving back to our community. Team members have a voice in how profit is used in the community; they have donated over $300,000 in the last 5 years to their favorite charities through our KODA Cares program. We offer highly competitive compensation, a superb benefits package, and a commitment to the professional growth of our team members. Join our people-first company dedicated to solving complex problems on programs and systems of national importance. Learn more at www.kodatech.com.

Position Overview and Job Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Produce engineering documentation and technical reports/analyses to support design, integration, and testing efforts
• Use classical stress and strain methods and software to predict structural integrity and failure and design flight components
• Generating stress analysis products to support data packages, peer reviews, and external customer reviews
• Conduct stress and bolted joint analysis of structures
• Conduct trade studies and develop component specifications and procedures as required.
• Interact with component analysis, manufacturing, project engineering, quality and customer support groups.
• Possible Travel to and participate in shop floor and production hardware processing at partner facilities. Provide input to address nonconforming hardware, process planning, support production meetings, and work with supply chain to assure that design requirements are met.
• Select and/or modify proven methods, mathematical formulas, previous design and test information, handbook data or other available information related to the assignment
• Plan and execute design tasks with limited general direction and work effectively within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment. Work is reviewed by senior staff.

Basic Qualifications:

• Familiarity with finite element (FEM) analysis and classical stress and strain methodology (for example: engineering statics, and structural mechanics including hand calculations).

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Abaqus, Matlab, Mathcad and CREO
• Non-linear, and buckling analysis experience
• Experience with composite materials and test analysis
• Strong structural analysis background with demonstrated work experience

Other: Candidates considered will need to reside within the Huntsville, AL area, or be willing to relocate to this area.

Clearance Requirement: US Citizenship is required.

KODA Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact [email protected] to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.