Stress Engineer

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Overview

Role Title: Stress Engineer

Location: Farnborough, with occasional travel to Boscombe Down. The project may consider remote working once the contractor is embedded with the team.

Duration: 12 Months

Clearance required: SC

IR35 Status: Inside

Base Location: Working from Farnborough and/or MoD Boscombe Down

Responsibilities

  • Carry out static strength, vibration and fatigue & damage tolerance analysis of airframe modifications and installations using classical hand calculation methods and finite element analysis.
  • Produce formal calculations and supporting documentation to verify designs meet regulatory requirements.
  • Devise and conduct tests of structures (e.g., modal testing) to demonstrate compliance or validate analyses.
  • Hold calculation and drawing checking competency.
  • Support to improving methods and processes within the team.
  • Support the design teams for aircraft surveys.
  • Support to Design Reviews and other meetings including presentations of findings and recommendations.
  • Ensure tasks are completed to agreed milestones, budgets, and to a high standard.
  • Prepare high-quality technical reports and presentations, with traceability back to calculations and source data.
  • Able to mentor junior staff and advise on the development of designs through explanation of stress requirements.

Specific domain knowledge / Qualifications

  • Experience in conducting structural analysis calculations relating to aircraft modifications to primary and secondary structures using both classical hand calculation methods and finite element analysis.
  • Expert use of FEMAP/NX Nastran or Hyperworks, as well as Abaqus.
  • Experience in conducting fatigue & damage tolerance analysis of aircraft structures.
  • Experience in the analysis of both metallic and composite structures.
  • Experience of documenting stress calculations and reports to a high standard using MathCad / PTC Prime, Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Knowledge and understanding of EASA Certification standards (e.g., CS-23, CS-25, CS-27, CS-29) and equivalent civil standards. Knowledge and understanding of Defence Standard 00-970 is desirable.
  • Compliance Verification Engineer experience is highly desirable.
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Location:
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£80,000 - £100,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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