Lead Stress Engineer

Job description

We are currently looking for a Lead Stress Engineer to be accountable for the safe, reliable and optimised structural design of an aircraft seat across multiple programmes. Working with the Engineering Team, other Lead Engineers and the Certification Team, ensure that our products will meet the regulatory guidelines and requirements. Meeting the customer brief in accordance with the programme delivery in terms of structural integrity (strength and impact resistance), stiffness, cost and weight.

Key responsibilities

• To develop and optimise the structural design of our seating products through performing complex linear and non-linear static and dynamic FE analyses.
• Lead and deliver problem solving activities.
• To develop and optimise the structural design of our seating products through performing, standardising and documenting analytical hand calculations, including determining interface loads into seating tracks.
• To develop a right first time approach to engineering through analytical methodology, procedures and documentation. This includes developing a strong correlation between testing and analytical methods.
• Defining, driving, planning, monitoring and controlling your output and that of your reports to ensure achievement of the defined schedule and specification for multiple concurrent projects.
• Collaborate with and support the engineering department to develop their designs from a structural perspective as efficiently as possible.
• Excellent communication, planning and organisation skills are a requirement
• Preparing for, managing and presenting internal and customer engineering reviews
• Build and maintain an intimate knowledge of relevant airworthiness regulations.
• To liaise with all relevant Engineering and Certification teams to ensure all aspects of checking and approvals are met
• Supporting multiple parallel projects and the requirement to accurately estimate the time necessary to complete individual tasks and to work within deadlines.
• Being an effective communicator both internally and externally
• Analysing and optimising both metallic and composite structures that meet customer, structural and regulatory requirements.
• Use the latest analytical processes and materials to ensure innovation is constantly being met.

Skills and experience required

• Strong Mechanical or related Engineering degree
• Extensive experience of using a non-linear FEA system
• Extensive experience from an aviation or automotive sector
• Extensive experience of a mechanical engineering related field utilising CAD and FEA for product design, optimisation and development
• Extensive experience of undertaking fundamental engineering hand calculations including determining load cases and stress / stiffness analysis
• Demonstrable experience of technical product ownership
• 3D CAD design engineering experience (Catia preferred)
• Must be an excellent communicator both verbally and written