Materials & Structures·Confirmed live in the last 24 hours·
Full-timeBristol, UKNo salary listed
About the Job
Requirements
A degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or equivalent experience gained in lieu.
Significant relevant experience in aerospace or high-integrity stress analysis roles.
Extensive experience as a senior-level Stress Engineer in the aerospace industry, demonstrating hands-on capability with classical hand-calculation procedures and finite element methods.
A track record of signatory responsibility in the aerospace industry, including approval of technical deliverables.
Analysis and approval experience with metallic and composite aircraft structures.
Strong awareness of the responsibilities of an approval role and comprehensive working knowledge of aerospace standards.
A robust approach and adherence to business and customer quality processes.
Established engineering capability, with the ability to anticipate problems and plan mitigations.
Ability to communicate verbally, in writing, and through presentations.
Logical problem-solving ability and effectiveness under demanding project constraints.
Experience with ISAMI, Patran, Nastran, HyperWorks, Microsoft Office, and G Suite.
Responsibilities
Liaise technically with customers to understand their requirements.
Support and contribute to developing static-analysis task scopes and work breakdown structures to meet customer requirements as fixed-price tasking.
Identify associated technical and commercial risks and assumptions against the scope.
Interact regularly with the internal analysis team and customer technical contacts to ensure tasking progresses using agreed methods and processes.
Identify and report changes in approach or scope.
Check and approve static-analysis work-package deliverables, including technical reports, dossiers, supporting analysis files, and drawings, within agreed budgets and timescales.
Perform analysis and associated documentation when required.
Liaise with KDC and customer design and systems teams to ensure integration and collaboration among stress, design, and systems teams.
Stress Approver/Signatory Holder
Reporting to the Stress Team Leader, KDC require a Static Stress Signatory to be part of their experienced engineering team based at our Bristol site. Whilst primarily operating in a checking and approval capacity, the broader role encompasses activities from scoping fixed price tasking to supporting internal and customer operations.
The successful candidate will be used to supporting fixed price work packages whilst operating as an approval signatory, or as a checker with significant experience working towards signatory.
Responsibilities include:
Customer technical liaison to understand their requirements.
Support and input to the development of static analysis task scoping and work breakdown structures to fulfil the customer requirements as fixed price tasking.
Highlight associated technical and commercial risks/assumptions against the scope.
Regular interaction with internal analysis team and customer technical points of contact to ensure that tasking is progressing using the agreed methods and processes.
Identifying and reporting any changes in approach or scope.
Checking / approval of static analysis work package deliverables; technical reports, dossiers, supporting analysis files, drawings etc to agreed budgets and timescales.
Where required perform analysis and associated documentation.
Liaising with KDC and customer design/systems teams to ensure integration and collaboration between stress, design and systems teams.
Key Experience and Skills:
Degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or equivalent experience gained in lieu.
Significant relevant experience in aerospace or high integrity stress analysis roles.
Extensive experience as a Stress Engineer operating at a senior level within the aerospace industry and able to demonstrate knowledge of hands on capability of both classical hand calculation procedures and finite element methods.
Track record of signatory responsibility within the aerospace industry including approval of technical deliverables.
Analysis and approval experience of both metallic and composite aircraft structure.
Strong awareness and understanding of the responsibilities of an Approval role and able to demonstrate a comprehensive working knowledge of aerospace standards.
Robust approach and adherence to business and customer quality processes.
Established engineering capability and someone who can anticipate problems and plan to mitigate.
An able communicator in verbal, written and presentational forms.
Logical problem solver who can operate effectively under stretching project constraints.