Engineer- Structures

Job Description:

Team: Structures- Architecture & Concept Analysis

The Architecture & Concept Analysis team is a part of the Analysis group under the Structures department and plays a key role in demonstrating emerging technology readiness levels and developing innovative solutions for design and development of current and future aircraft programmes

Job scope (core activities):

• Evaluate emerging technologies in aircraft structures and demonstrate their readiness level for aircraft applications

• Propose new architectures, concepts and explore disruptive and incremental innovation

• Design and material trade-off analysis for new and legacy Airbus programmes

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, refine, and document requirements, even when initial inputs are incomplete or uncertain

• Develop solutions that meet the requirements of engineering, manufacturing, assembly, cost and time to market

• Perform preliminary design and sizing studies using legacy methods, hand calculations and FEM

• Validate preliminary design and suggest modifications in case of low reserve factors

• Linear and non-linear static and fatigue stress justifications

• Collaborate with other groups within Airframe / Structures such as materials, system installation for end to end solutions

Required Domain Expertise:

• Very strong fundamentals in strength of materials / theory of elasticity, engineering mathematics, finite element method, aircraft structures - metallic and composite, Non linear FEA

• Hands on experience in trade studies, sizing, non-linear analysis of aircraft primary and secondary structures

• Technically competent with structural design principles

• Stress analysis of metallic and composite structures

• Scripting for post processing and FE model building

• Experience in handling DFEM and GFEM - understanding input deck, troubleshooting errors

• Interpreting engineering drawings is desirable

• Writing subroutines in FORTRAN is desirable

Tools: Hypermesh, Abaqus, Nastran, Python, ISAMI(optional), MATLAB (optional), FORTRAN (optional)

Qualification:

Graduate/Post graduate (Aerospace/Aeronautical  OR Mechanical/Civil/Manufacturing/Production with aircraft work experience only)

Experience:

4-6 years

Interpersonal skills:

• Flexibility & adaptability in workhours

• Supporting team members and sharing workload

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work independently & in a transnational team

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.

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