Airbus Aircraft · 16 hours ago
Static Stress Engineer - Contract
Wichita, KS
Contract
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expAirbus Commercial Aircraft is seeking a Static Stress Engineer to join their Engineering department in Wichita, Kansas. The role involves supporting fleet in-service repair of aircraft structures and performing static analysis to ensure airworthiness and compliance with customer requirements.
Aviation & Aerospace
Responsibilities
Create high quality integrated and certified engineering repair solutions for the airlines and internal customers within given time scales
Perform stress/strength analyses to assess that structural integrity requirements have been met using standard hand and computer methods. Assignments include structural sizing/documentation and subsequent certification documents for in-service fleet support
Perform durability and damage tolerance analyses to verify that structural integrity requirements have been met. Assignments may include detail part sizing, layout maturation, trade study analysis, weight reduction efforts, certification activity, or in-service support
Liaise with Design, Fatigue and other appropriate Airbus departments to come up with optimum design solutions for the airline customer
Liaise with Principal and Senior Static Engineers in order to ensure that methods, assumptions, data and procedures reflect on-going developments
Ensure, with the relevant technical signature delegation, that the final repair solution brings the aircraft back into an airworthy condition
Identify and support local improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency through process, methods and tools improvements
Ensure all tasks and activities required for Repair Engineering are correctly planned, monitored and executed to achieve customer time scales
Provide responses for routine repair queries by giving guidance as required within Airbus Operations and Customer Services in a clear and concise manner
Together with other Repair Design and Fatigue Engineers, be a member of an integrated engineering team, ensuring its strategy, policy and direction is maintained
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Engineering (Aero, Civil, Mechanical) with a strong curriculum emphasis on structural design and analysis and mechanics of materials is required
3 years total analysis experience in airframe design/repair programs
Position requires in-depth knowledge of classical and numerical (Finite Element) stress analysis methods
Capable of working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment both independently and collectively
Authorized to Work in the US
Company
Airbus Aircraft
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