AEROSPACE ENGINEER STRESS - Contractor / Consultant

AeroTEC Inc.•Seattle, WA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

AeroTEC's Engineering Services Department supports and provides comprehensive, full-service aerospace engineering services to customers in aircraft design and certification. The Engineering Services Department is responsible for providing engineering consulting services related to aircraft performance, similarity analysis, reviewing and supporting certification activities, determining test requirements, and planning and documenting testing to meet customer needs. The Engineering Services Department provides several areas of expertise in Flight Sciences, Electrical Systems, Mechanical Systems, Powerplant & FIFA, Air Systems, Cabin Safety, Structures and Liaison Engineering. The Structural Analysis Engineer position is responsible for performing stress analysis of aircraft structure including primary and secondary structural components as well as systems installations. The candidate must have experience using industry standard stress analysis methods to analyze metallic and composite structures. The position is fast-paced, full of technical challenges and growth opportunities. Candidate must exhibit flexibility to work on multiple programs from experimental aircrafts to FAA Supplemental Type Certificates (STC).

Requirements

Four (4) year degree in Engineering (Aerospace or Mechanical).
Five (5) years aerospace experience in Structural Analysis with at least one of the following structural analysis fields is required: static strength analysis, dynamic analysis, fatigue or damage tolerance.
Analysis of metallic or composite structure is required.
Experience with FEA is required.
Familiarity with FAR Part 25 subpart C.
Familiarity with stress analysis methodologies documented in Bruhn, Niu, ESDU, Flabel, Peterson, Timoshenko, etc.
This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.

Nice To Haves

Simcenter Nastran, FEMAP and Simcenter3D are preferred.
Experience with CATIA and NX is preferred.
Knowledge of aircraft structure is preferred.
Experience supporting structural testing, instrumentation definition to support flight test, ground test, and component testing, is preferred.
Scripting experience with either Excel VB (macros), Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

Review and understand customer specifications, technical documentation, and structural configurations.
New program requirements review: impact assessment, methods of compliance.
Perform design trade studies.
Use aircraft Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (SRM, AMM, IPL) documents to extract information needed to perform stress analysis.
Modify Instructions for Continued Airworthiness before reintegrating aircraft to service.
Create coarse grid FEM’s to be used as loads models but also create Fine Grid FEM’s for stress analysis.
Perform stress analysis using industry standard analytical approach.
Produce stress analysis reports and FEM Validation reports.
Detailed part and installation drawing review and stress approval.
Provide stress support to manufacturing team: repairs, NCR dispositions.
Support test planning: instrumentation definition, load conditions.
Support certification process for STC.
Document stress processes and develop efficient tools to automate stress analysis.
Work in close cooperation with other engineering disciplines such as Design, Manufacturing, Systems, Flight Test, Loads and Weights & Balance.