Stress Engineer

Stress Engineer

Ampthill, Bedfordshire

6 month contract

Great rate £ (Inside IR35)

4 Day Work Week Option (compressed hours)

Lockheed Martin (UK) Ampthill is a rapidly changing, dynamic part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation with both domestic and international customers.

It consists of three business areas focussing on Vehicles, Special Projects and Mission Support, which provide a variety of products and services to the MoD.

This role focuses on the design, build and delivery of Armoured Fighting Vehicles for this contract position.

What will I be doing?

This role represents a position in the Structural Integrity Group as a Contract Stress Analyst / Engineer.

You will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in this field, to allow support, mentoring and guidance to be provided throughout the Company and Customer stakeholder community.

The role will fall within the Structural Integrity Group (SIG), a sub-function of the Mechanical Engineering Department and will be focused on supporting the Pre-Production activities for an Armoured Fighting Vehicle.

The role:

We are recruiting for a Stress Engineer, initially on a 6 month contract basis to be based on-site at our Ampthill, Bedfordshire offices.

This role will suit an experienced Stress Engineer who is capable of undertaking detailed stress analysis using both classical hand-calculations and FE modelling primarily of complex metallic structures and assemblies.

You will have a minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in a critical engineered product environment (Defence / Aerospace / Automotive / Motorsport industry).

What skills will I need?

• Experience of Detail Stress Analysis using Hand-Calculation Techniques;
• Extensive experience of using MSC Patran /Nastran / Siemens NX Nastran;
• Basic knowledge of modelling and analysis of composite materials, as well their manufacturing process;
• Capable of writing clear and concise strength summary reports demonstrating compliance;
• Working as part of a multi-discipline team supporting trials, production, design office and manufacturing teams;

Points to note:

• This role does not have a hybrid working element due to security classification of the work.
• You will need to be present on site every day each week.
• We do offer “4Flex” working patterns, whereby you can compress your hours over 4 days and choose Wednesday, Thursday or Friday off work each week.
• You will need to be able to achieve a full UK SC level Security Clearance.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence.

By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value.

We know that diversity of thought leads to better solutions for our customers.

Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team and would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the criteria set out in our job advert.

In addition, we are committed to inclusion of all individuals and will make reasonable adjustments to our applications process.

If you require assistance or adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] or call 023 92 458 000.