Principal Lead Stress Engineer

We are looking for a Principal Stress Engineer to work on our Airbus Defence & Space site in Stevenage. As a Principal Stress Engineer you will be joining a department of approx. 30 and working with project teams of 5-10 people. Mainly working on Telecoms satellites. This role comes with a strong career path, progressing to Deputy Lead / Lead roles.

You will be responsible for independently completing all mechanical analysis activities and test campaigns to demonstrate achievement of prescribed strength and stiffness against requirements in the allocated time. Also responsible for maintaining a high degree of technical competency in their specialized field within an engineering group.

Task & accountabilities:

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• To identify all strength and stiffness requirements and ensure that they are valid.
• To perform all structural analysis necessary to ensure that all strength and stiffness requirements are met with a minimum mass design.
• To ensure that the design incorporates all features necessary to meet the strength and stiffness requirements.
• To provide a detailed definition of all structural testing required to verify that the strength and stiffness requirements are met.
• To monitor these tests and issue a test assessment report that demonstrates that requirements have been met and that the pre-test analysis was of sufficient accuracy.
• Write clear and concise strength summary reports demonstrating adequate strength margins for all significant possible modes of failure. Write other associated analysis documentation.
• Provide design support to manufacture to ensure that strength and stiffness requirements are met for all non-conformances to design with appropriate corrective action.
• To present strength and stiffness analyses and test requirements and assessments at formal design reviews.

Required skills:
To be successful for this role, you need to have the following skills and experience:

• Degree or equivalent in Mechanical or Aeronautical or similar related discipline.
  Typically 7+ years relevant experience
• Appreciation of the relevant design drivers and associated manufacturing issues
• To be conversant with and to apply as appropriate, analysis techniques and methods for light weight structures strength and stiffness prediction that are generally common to spacecraft structures analysis. These will include classical hand analysis and computer techniques including the use of the industry standard finite element program (MSC/Nastran) with pre/post processing software (Hyperworks).
• Able to establish and execute work plan and cost estimate for projects.
• Able to train, advise and supervise team members in main activities.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Able to work on your own as well as with others.
• Eligibility to handle ITAR data and equipment

Although we are using FEMAP, we will be progressing to HyperWorks so any experience in this would be useful. Training is provided.

The successful candidate will be subject to UK SC Security Clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs.

Not 100% match for the role? No worries! Airbus will support your professional development and invests in your learning journey/continuous learning.

We value the strength that diverse perspectives bring to our business, so if you require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in the recruitment process please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.

What we can offer you

• A competitive salary with annual profit share

• An ever growing list of company benefits including enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and generous pension contributions

• Very strong, very real career development options across our transnational, market leading company

• A hybrid working pattern of 2 to 3 days per week in the office and 2 to 3 days remotely

• Flexible hours - 37 per week with no core hours on Friday afternoons!

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including home working. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Stevenage:

We are 5 mins walk from Stevenage train station (step free and lift access), easily accessible by road and bus, car parking on site, cycle racks. Close to many amenities including:

o High-street shops and supermarkets

o Restaurants and eateries

o Gyms, Swimming pool and Parks

o Cinema, bowling and Recreational facilities

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited

Contract Type:

Permanent Contract / CDI / Unbefristet / Contrato indefinido

Experience Level:

Professional / Expérimenté(e) / Professionell / Profesional

Job Family:

Structure & Dynamic Systems Analysis

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