F&dt Stress Engineer Aerospace

A good opportunity has arisen for a Fatigue and Damage Tolerance (F&DT) Stress Engineer to join the KDC Projects team on a contract basis in their Bristol Office supporting Airbus on the A350. The A350 is now moving into serial production for the -900 variant and into final design stages for -1000. The package of work is continued F&DT support for the aircraft as it moves fully into serial from development. The role will require Analysis and validation of metallic, hybrid and composite structures for Fatigue and Damage Tolerance.

Tasks & Accountabilities

Assessment of damages reported from test and their impact on the structure using ISAMI and other Airbus F&DT methodologies.
Other general F&DT tasking as appropriate to the A350 CPD environment, critical fatigue life calculations, damage tolerances etc.
Writing Stress reports in Airbus Stress Dossier format.
FEM interrogation and potential modification and returns.

Required skills

Minimum of 5 years Aircraft Structures experience.
3 years’ experience in Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (F&DT) gained within the Airbus supply chain.
ISAMI F&DT Modules
Nastran
Patran
Stress Dossier reporting

Any further experience with the following would be advantageous

Hypermesh and / or meshing experience.
Test correlation in an Airbus environment.
Airbus F&DT procedural knowledge
Airbus FEM Process and procedural knowledge.