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Fibertek

Senior ME Analyst

Herndon, VA

$90K - $119K/yr

... fatigue, fracture mechanics, and advanced materials behavior BS in Mechanical Engineering required, MS preferred 10 years relevant experience minimumExperience & Expertise Required: Experience in the ...

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As of Jun 14, 2026, the average hourly pay for fatigue fracture engineer in the United States is $65.95, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $56.49 and $77.40 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Fatigue Fracture Engineer vs Materials Engineer?

AspectFatigue Fracture EngineerMaterials Engineer
Primary FocusAnalyzing and preventing fatigue-related failures in materials and structuresDeveloping, testing, and selecting materials for various applications
Required CredentialsBachelor's or Master's in Mechanical, Materials, or Civil Engineering; relevant certificationsBachelor's or Master's in Materials Science or Engineering; certifications may vary
Work EnvironmentResearch labs, manufacturing plants, aerospace, automotive industriesResearch labs, manufacturing, product development, aerospace, automotive

While both roles involve materials and engineering principles, a Fatigue Fracture Engineer specializes in understanding and preventing fatigue failures, whereas a Materials Engineer focuses on developing and selecting materials for various applications. The roles often overlap in industries like aerospace and automotive, but their core responsibilities differ in scope and focus.

RESEARCH ENGINEER - SR. RESEARCH ENGINEER - Fatigue & Fracture Engineering

SWRI

San Antonio, TX • On-site

Full-time

Posted 2 days ago

Job description

  • Join our team to perform fundamental and applied research through the development of advanced fatigue crack growth for material and structural integrity assessments.
  • Help manage our established software codebases and provide guidance on the technical solutions to solve problems related to practical fatigue crack growth, fracture, and structural integrity assessments.
  • Work within a large team and a software operations framework to write integrate, compile, text and debug source code to support long-term, commercial software programs.
  • Apply principles in advanced continuum mechanics, numerical methods, materials science, and applied mathematics to solve unique problems using the modern Fortran programming language.
  • Build and apply skills to support contract research programs, develop new technology areas, and interact with government and commercial clients.

  • Provide technical leadership toward the ongoing development and enhancement of fatigue crack growth software programs: NASGRO® and DARWIN®.
  • Coordinate accuracy, precision, and consistency test campaigns of predictions implemented within high-criticality commercial software.
  • Drive the development of new practical methods to perform damage tolerance assessments.
  • Champion innovations focused on reducing memory footprint, optimizing computational efficiency, and streamlining the analysis of large datasets.
  • Oversee the resolution of user-reported issues by identifying root causes and implement fixes in a timely manner.
  • Interact with a larger development team to coordinate issue resolution within a large, interconnected, and legacy codebase.
  • Collaborate with clients, stakeholders, and development teams to align the software's documentation, usage, and evolution with industry demands.
  • Lead reports and papers on new technical solutions.
  • Lead tasks and projects to completion, ensuring they are delivered within scope, budget, and schedule constraints.
  • Drive improvement initiatives to optimize software development and execution.

  • Requires a Masters degree or a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Structural Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, or similar engineering degree. Those with a Masters require 1 year of experience, those with a PhD require 0 years of experience.
  • 1 years: Experience and/or training in fracture mechanics, fatigue crack growth assessment, continuum mechanics, materials science, applied mechanics, applied mathematics, and mechanical behavior of engineering metals.
  • Experience and/or training in software development processes for scientific computing, including version control, optimization, software verification, relevant programming languages, and programming assisted by ML/AI tools.
  • Experience in stress-intensity factor solutions, weight function methods, fatigue crack growth algorithms, time-dependent crack growth, small-crack growth mechanisms, threshold, shakedown, rain flow, environmental fatigue, and multi-point computational fracture mechanics.
  • Experience in customer issue resolution, supporting for legacy code and application programming interfaces, and using ML/AI tools to streamline software development, sustainment, documentation, and verification.
  • Must be able to work onsite at the San Antonio, TX facility.
  • A valid/clear driver's license is required.

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