Principal Cabin Stress Engineer (Contract)

Airbus • Mobile, AL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Principal Engineer - Cabin Stress, you will support aircraft cabin development and certification as a stress analyst. Duties include performing static and dynamic analyses for metallic and composite structures to ensure compliance with regulatory and company standards, including dynamic seat certification, using classical hand calculations and computational techniques. The role ensures high strength-to-weight ratios while prioritizing structural integrity and occupant safety. Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you’re interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Engineering (Aero, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) with a strong curriculum emphasis on structural and/or systems design and installation.
• Minimum thirteen (13) years total experience in design with cabin and cargo and/or system installation projects.
• Strong capability with Finite Modeling of Structures using both Implicit and Explicit Liner and Non-Linear techniques (Nastran, LS-Dyna, Abaqus, Radioss, Altair Hyperworks etc)
• Position requires in-depth knowledge of technical principles of design, theories, and concepts.
• Applied knowledge of design documentation, techniques and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in using Google Suite is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Autonomously perform complex detailed stress analysis of cabin or cargo components, by classical hand analysis as well as Finite Element methods, to support the structural design efforts of new and modified components from the conceptual phase to development and certification.
• Perform review of supplier stress substantiation reports to ensure compliance to aircraft design requirements and sign-off data.
• Coordinate with design engineers, suppliers and technical leads to assure that the design meets the project deliverables timeline with an optimum design solution.
• Sets broad objectives with timelines and establishes the tasks required and how they should be completed.
• Mentor less experienced structural analysts and provide leadership and guidance of a highly complex range of problems.
• Demonstrates a high level of listening and speaking capabilities with all levels of management, internal and external.

Benefits

• Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at [email protected]

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal