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Quest Global

Engineering services, digital transformation, asset management

Lead Design Engineer - Composites, Concessions

Materials & StructuresConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Working experience with fuselage structures for A350 concessions.
  • Knowledge of ATA Chapter 53.
  • Knowledge of fuselage structure assembly, including frames, stringers, skin panels, cross beams, door-surrounding areas, Section 16/18 lap joints, and Section 16/18-to-Section 19 orbital joints.
  • Knowledge of composite and metallic repairs, with working experience in elementary-part-level concessions for metallic and composite parts and assembly-line concessions.
  • Ability to review previous solutions and produce high-quality solutions for clearing non-conformances.
  • Understanding of customer methods, processes, and standards, and structural repair manuals.
  • Ability and working experience addressing non-conformities such as misalignment between stringers or frames, shifted parts or holes, unwanted holes, out-of-tolerance dimensions, deep flushness, stringer deformation, impact marks, dents, drill starts, and elongated holes.
  • Hands-on experience with design assessment of aircraft-fuselage concessions and wing components, including skin, stringers, frames, center wing box, central/nose fuselage, air inlet, keel beam, and assembly.
  • Good understanding of stress requirements and strength of materials.
  • In-depth knowledge of design solutions for clearing non-conformances under customer methods and programs.
  • In-depth tool knowledge or hands-on experience with CATIA, SAP, VPM, and PASS.
  • Ability to understand load paths in fuselage structures.
  • Knowledge of primary and secondary aircraft structures.
  • Understanding of standards and working procedures applicable to concessions.
  • Ability to work to strict delivery schedules and quality requirements.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Verbal and written English proficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Assess non-conformities encountered during fuselage production from a design perspective and provide solutions that account for manufacturability, assembly, and reparability while following customer methods and processes.
  • Independently assess non-conformities of varying complexity arising during fuselage shell-line or panel-line assembly and provide design resolutions.
  • Generate design solutions recommending suitable repair procedures, with supporting sketches and geometries in CATIA V5.
  • Coordinate with the stress assessment team to verify design solutions.
  • Check design solutions for correctness in clearing non-conformances, provide appropriate sketches, recommendations, and specifications, and validate the solutions.
  • Support ongoing continuous-improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency through methods, process, and capability improvements.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience coordinating with shop-floor teams on critical repairs.
  • Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Proficiency in German.

About the Company

Quest Global

Engineering services, digital transformation, asset management

QuEST Global provides engineering and lifecycle services across aerospace, automotive, energy, healthcare, and transportation, focusing on digital transformation and asset management. It uses edge computing, cloud, AI/ML, and industrial IoT to deliver tailored engineering solutions through long-term partnerships, service contracts, project-based engagements, and strategic collaborations. It differentiates itself with a broad industry footprint, global delivery model, and emphasis on partnerships, talent development, and workplace culture. Its goal is to help clients improve operational efficiency and drive business growth by transforming engineering processes and assets with digital tools and data-driven management.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding
$581M
Headquarters
Greenville, SC
Founded
1997

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