Consulting Mechanical Engineer (3056), Exponent (Menlo Park, CA)
Exponent is a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm. Our
multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, physicians, and
regulatory consultants brings together more than 90 different
disciplines to solve complicated problems facing corporations,
insurers, government entities, associations and individuals. Our
approximately 900 staff members work in 24 offices across the United
States and abroad. Exponent has over 600 consultants, including more
than 350 that have earned a doctorate in their chosen field of specialization.
Exponent's Mechanical Engineering Practice has provided over forty
years of services related to the investigation and analysis of
products ranging from aircraft and marine transportation to all types
of industrial equipment and consumer products. Exponent provides
clients with a thorough comprehension of current or potential designs
to determine vulnerabilities before failures occur, develop
appropriate mitigation methods, and provide post-failure
investigations. Consultants review the reliability of processes and
products for a variety of industries, including transportation, heavy
industry, energy, and consumer products.
Some of Exponent's Mechanical Engineering capabilities include
(www.exponent.com/capabilities/):
Aviation & Aerospace Services
Batteries & Energy Storage Technology
Engineering Mechanics
Life Prediction and Fitness for Service
Pipelines & Process Piping
Product Qualification & Recall Consulting
Worker & Machine Safety Investigations
Exponent is currently hiring an Engineer in our Menlo Park office.
The individual in this position will be responsible for performing
general mechanical engineering analyses, including failure analysis
and design analysis, with particular focus on fatigue and fracture
mechanics analyses of crack growth and criticality. In addition, the
candidate will support activities within the mechanical engineering
and material science practice groups in failure analysis and
prevention and evaluation of engineering documentation. The
individual in this position may also assist other engineering
practice groups within Exponent on an as-needed basis and support
senior staff in project development and marketing. The individual in
this position will be expected to grow in key aspects of consulting,
including technical expertise, effective spoken and written
communications, and internal and external marketing of the
candidate's own capabilities and those of the firm to develop a
consulting practice serving clients both within and outside of the firm.
Qualifications for this position include:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with focused
thesis/coursework/project experience in fracture mechanics and solid mechanics
Working knowledge of fatigue and fracture analysis methods is
required and experience with commercial finite element analysis
software (e.g. ANSYS, MARC, ABAQUS) is preferred
Must be proficient at performing stress analyses via the finite
element method and closed-form approaches and incorporating the
results of such analysis into classical fatigue (S-N) and fracture
mechanics based life assessments
A working knowledge of reliability assessment and fitness-for-service
evaluation of cyclically loaded structures is preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work within project teams with a strong desire to contribute
Potential for technical and project managerial leadership
Ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and
non-technical audiences
To apply:
Please contact Jenny Irwin, Recruiter at jirwin_at_exponent.com with
resume, and reference "3056", or apply on-line at www.exponent.com.
Jenny Irwin
Recruiter
Exponent
149 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
<mailto:jirwin_at_exponent.com>jirwin_at_exponent.com
www.exponent.com
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Received on 2011-04-29 07:02:29