Job Description:

12 Month Contract (Initially)

Hybrid working (circa 2 – 3 days per week on site)

Job Role:

We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Stress Engineer to support and lead the certification of large aircraft modifications. You will demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory and customer requirements, following the procedures set out in the company’s Design Organization Handbook (DOH).

Key Responsibilities:

• Report to the Structures Engineering Manager and collaborate with the global engineering team across multiple time zones to identify requirements and develop solutions for current and upcoming projects.
• Lead complex, novel and/or large-scale commercial modification certification activities, ensuring compliance with design requirements and acting as the technical focal point for certification and stress matters.
• Prepare and critically review structural substantiation documents for primary structure changes, including antenna installations and fuselage modifications.
• Represent the client at customer meetings, including ITCM, PDR, CDR and FAI, and provide on-site support during modification embodiment.
• Develop solutions to complex and challenging engineering problems.
• Promote innovation, safety and quality across the engineering organisation.

Key Attributes:

• Expert knowledge of EASA CS-25 Subpart C Structures certification requirements, applied to the certification of primary structure modifications
• Expert knowledge of primary structures analysis (Static and Fatigue) by means of FEM and hand calcs.
• Technical writing of compliance documents 
• Current or recent aerospace industry employment within an EASA Part 21J Design Organisation, or equivalent, is essential.
• Advanced knowledge of aircraft primary structure modification and repair practices and interfaces, covering metallic and/or composite structures, is essential.
• Proficiency in hand calculations using classical stress analysis techniques, finite element analysis (FEA) and technical report writing.
• Recent experience as a Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) within a Design Organisation Approval (DOA) organisation.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of applicable regulatory and airworthiness requirements, including EASA CS-25, JAR-25 and FAR 25, as relevant to stress and structures.
• Strong attention to detail and professional integrity.
• Ability to manage multiple programmes efficiently and effectively, adapting to differing requirements.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and respond flexibly to changing demands.
• Typically recognised as a subject matter expert in your field.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering.
• A minimum of eight years’ relevant experience, or equivalent.