Stress Analyst

About the role

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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 sustainably. 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.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos’ Defense Systems is seeking a 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 analysis to support the design of cutting edge aerospace and defense programs. You will collaborate with designers and use FEMAP daily to ensure your team’s design meets requirements.

You might work alongside the production team to install hardware or verify requirements. Then you’ll 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!

Leidos Defense Systems Sector 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 world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more,

Primary Responsibilities

• Apply analytical methods, finite element models, simulations, and other engineering tools to develop models, perform structural and dynamic analyses, conduct calculations, reduce test data, and correlate results.
• Partner closely with design and manufacturing teams to deliver high-performance structures that meet demanding requirements for performance, manufacturability, and schedule.
• 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

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET-accredited university and less than 2 years' experience.
• Demonstrated experience with any of the commercial finite element analysis tools (e.g. FEMAP/NX NASTRAN, PATRAN/MSC NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus, etc.).
• 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 and a current Final Secret Clearance—or eligibility to obtain and maintain one.
• Residence in, or willingness to relocate to, the Huntsville, Alabama area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with a 3.5 or higher GPA.
• Advanced expertise in
• Linear and nonlinear contact FEA
• Application of nonlinear material properties to both FEA and hand calculations
• Integrated multi-physics analysis
• Bolted joint and weld analysis
• Dynamics analysis (modal, response spectrum, shock, vibration)
• Bolted joint and weld analysis
• Fatigue analysis
• Composite materials analysis
• Thermal analysis

Additional information

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

Original Posting: November 3, 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 $57,850.00 - $104,575.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.