Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 65,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Bristol City of Bristol
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
About the role Our client designs and supports structures for [civil / defence] aircraft programmes. We need a Stress Engineer to prove our designs are strong, light and certifiable, from early concept through to in-service support.
What you will do
* Carry out static and fatigue analysis of metallic and composite structures
* Use hand calculations and FEA (Nastran, Patran, Abaqus or ANSYS)
* Write stress reports and certification documentation
* Assess design changes, repairs and concessions
* Work with design teams to optimise structures for weight and strength
* Support testing and investigate in-service issues
What you need
* Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical or Structural Engineering
* 3+ years in aerospace stress analysis
* Strong classical hand-calculation skills as well as FEA experience
* Understanding of airworthiness requirements (e.g. CS-25, Def Stan 00-970)
* Eligible for UK security clearance (SC) for defence programmes
Nice to have
* Composite stress analysis experience
* Fatigue and damage tolerance experience