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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