THE PURPOSE:

• At VHO, we are designing and building a cutting-edge transportation system that is not only high performance and cost-effective but is also reliable, safe, and durable for decades. Therefore, it is imperative to design and test structures to maintain mechanical integrity during their service design-life.
• The structural integrity engineer will help develop the company wide methods for structural integrity (e.g. fatigue, durability and damage tolerance) as part of the systems engineering team.
• The structural integrity engineer will also be responsible both for conducting structural integrity analysis, and instructing the larger engineering body in how to do so.

THE ROLE:

• Perform fatigue and crack growth analyses using commercial software tools
• Perform finite element analyses (FEA)
• Work with design engineers on material selection and property development 
• Develop in-house analysis tools using Python, MATLAB, and Excel
• Work with test teams, external labs, and materials group to develop fatigue properties 
• Work with design teams and test teams to perform component level fatigue testing
• Help develop structural integrity methodologies for structural certification, e.g. fatigue, durability and damage tolerance, inspection intervals etc.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

• Candidate has excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create concise and thorough reports, presentations and other documentations.
• Candidate is comfortable with the limits of their own knowledge and admits when they do not know the answer, but is driven to continue learning every day.
• Candidate can work multiple tasks concurrently on a tight schedule.
• Candidate thrives working hard in a challenging environment.
• Candidate enjoys coming up with creative solutions to solve problems.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Master’s degree in Mechanical/Aerospace engineering or Bachelor’s with some relevant industry experience
• Proficient with finite element software
• Knowledge of stress-life fatigue, strain-life fatigue, crack growth analysis methods 
• Programming capability for data manipulation and analysis workflow automation

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Fatigue software experience e.g. nCode Design Life, NASGRO
• FEA experience with ANSYS is preferred, NASTRAN or ABAQUS acceptable
• Programming knowledge in Python and MATLAB
• Active experience in testing for material fatigue characterization
• Involvement in structural fatigue testing
• Knowledge of fatigue and damage tolerance related regulations/requirements across different industries e.g. aircraft, railway, automobile, pressure vessel etc.
• Knowledge of fatigue and damage tolerance methods for non-metallic materials (e.g. composites, adhesives)
• Experience working in a startup environment or working in the initial stages of an engineering company, working to create or mature engineering processes
• Has seen multiple stages of product lifecycle