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ThermalStress Analyst

Leidos


Job Location:

Huntsville, AL - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 57850 - 104575
Posted: 29 September 2026 (20 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact

At Leidos we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers success. We empower our teams contribute to our communities and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers our people and our community. Our Mission Vision and Values guide the way we do business.


Are you ready for your next career challenge

Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems solutions and services covering land sea air space and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT large-scale intelligence systems command and control geospatial and data analytics cybersecurity logistics training and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions.


Leidos Defense is seeking a Lead Thermal/Stress Analyst to join our team in Huntsville Alabama designing and analyzing the next generation of defense systems to protect America and its allies. You will perform stress and thermal analysis to support the design of cutting edge aerospace and defense programs. You will collaborate with designers and use Star CCM and FEMAP daily to ensure your teams design meets requirements. You might work alongside the production team to install hardware or verify requirements. Then youll work with the testing team to put your hardware into action. This is not your average engineering position. You are applying to be part of a team of the most talented engineers in the region who push you to be better every day. This is a fast-paced program with unique technical challenges that will be a rewarding milestone in any engineering career.


If you are up for the challenge of joining this team then apply now to be considered!


Primary Responsibilities

  • Are you ready to tackle complex engineering challenges In this role you will perform stress and thermal analysis on structural electronic and mechanical systems while supporting critical test activities. Assignments may require expertise in stress analysis thermal analysis or both.
  • Stress analysis will involve analytical methods finite element models/simulations and advanced analysis tools. You will produce models perform calculations reduce data and correlate test results to ensure accuracy and reliability.
  • Thermal analysis will include hand analysis methods finite volume models/simulations finite element models/simulations finite difference models/simulations and other tools. You will conduct detailed steady-state and/or transient thermal analyses using industry-standard programs producing models performing calculations reducing data and correlating test results to thermal and flow models.
  • You will collaborate closely with design and manufacturing teams to create designs that meet stringent performance manufacturability and schedule requirements.
  • This is an in-office position with flexibility in schedule and work location. Remote work is the exception in your week not the norm.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university and 2 years or less experience.
  • Direct experience performing stress and thermal analysis in the aerospace or defense industry.
  • Demonstrated experience with commercial finite element analysis tools such as FEMAP/NX NASTRAN PATRAN/MSC NASTRAN ANSYS Abaqus or similar software is essential.
  • Proven working knowledge of commercial thermal analysis and CFD tools like STAR-CCM Thermal Desktop/SindaFluint ANSYS or SolidWorks FlowSimulation.
  • Strong technical writing presentation and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Proven ability to thrive in a collaborative multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
  • Capable of working as part of a larger analysis team or working as the sole analyst on a project.
  • U.S. Citizenship is required and eligibility to obtain and maintain a Final Secret Clearance.
  • Residency in the Huntsville AL area or willingness to relocate to Huntsville AL is required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Fluid lumped capacitance modeling
  • Electronics cooling analysis
  • Thermal analysis of orthotropic materials
  • FEMAP/Nastran
  • Coupled thermal-structural analysis
  • Bolted joint and weld analysis
  • Dynamics analysis (modal response spectrum shock vibration)
  • Fatigue analysis
  • Composite materials

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:
September 25 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $57850.00 - $104575.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.


Required Experience:

IC


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Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.

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