Mechanical Stress & Structural Analyst 3 (Nuclear Engineering)

Location: US - Huntsville, Alabama. The role requires US citizenship and the ability to attain and maintain a government security clearance. Domestic and international travel of approximately 10% may be required.

Company

hirify.global is part of Teledyne Technologies, providing high-reliability technologies for aerospace, defense, industrial automation, environmental monitoring, electronics, medical imaging, and other advanced-technology markets.

What you will do

• Perform mechanical stress, structural, finite element, and computational fluid dynamics analyses using ANSYS and related engineering tools.
• Design and analyze pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping systems, thermal-fluid systems, HVAC systems, and nuclear power equipment.
• Apply ASME design-by-analysis and design-by-rule methods, including ASME III, ASME VIII, ASME B31.1, and ASME B31.3 requirements.
• Prepare and review calculations, design reports, white papers, Design Basis Documents, and System Design Descriptions under the NQA-1 quality program.
• Research customer specifications and design proposals, conduct feasibility studies and testing, and prepare project estimates and proposals.
• Provide technical leadership to lower-level engineers and coordinate or integrate multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field and at least 5 years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Required working knowledge and experience with ANSYS, SolidWorks, and SolidWorks Simulation.
• Experience with mechanical stress, static and dynamic structural, nonlinear, fatigue, fracture, thermal, and seismic analyses.
• Knowledge of pressure vessel, piping, thermal-fluid, and HVAC design calculations and applicable ASME codes.
• US citizenship and ability to attain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Availability to work evenings and weekends when necessary to meet goals and deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience in the nuclear industry, advanced reactors, small modular reactors, fusion reactors, or nuclear fuel processing.
• Experience with CFD, CREO, NASTRAN/FEMAP, COMPRESS, or AutoPIPE.
• Knowledge of ASME NQA-1, ASME III/ VIII certification, AISC, ASCE, INCOSE, DOD 5000, or ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.
• Active Professional Engineer license.
• Knowledge of ISO/AS9100 and Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Kaizen.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a high-reliability engineering environment serving nuclear, aerospace, defense, and other industrial markets.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and external technical contacts.
• Operate under formal quality, regulatory, import/export, and compliance requirements.
• Equal opportunity employment with an emphasis on ethical and compliant business practices.