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STRESS ENGINEER (AVIATION)

Employment Type Permanent
Location Somerset , Yeovil
Industry Sector Aerospace
Start Date ASAP
Salary/Rate Excellent
Reference SE0508
Date Advertised 09-09-2008 - 00:03

This vacancy is out of date and no longer accepting applications.

Description

Stress analysis of hydraulic, life-support, environmental and electronic components for the aerospace industry, as part of a small group of stress engineers.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Stress analysis of hydraulic, life-support, environmental and electronic components for the aerospace industry, as part of a small group of stress engineers.

Analysis of proposals, design schemes, and support for the answering of queries from other internal departments.

Interpretation of worst cases from Customer or Internal specifications.

Analysis due to internal loads (pressure, temperature and operating loads), and external loads (limit & ultimate).

Analysis of environmental loading, such as sinusoidal & random vibration, acceleration & shock.

Use of Mathcad, and any other suitable media, including ANSYS Workbench finite element analysis.

Stress analysis experience of components. Experience of working to the requirements of aviation Regulatory Authorities (FAR, JAR, Def-Stan 00-970 etc) is essential.

Must be experienced in using the ANSYS Workbench FE package for linear, non-linear & contact analysis. Random vibration analysis would also be of benefit.

To be competent in using Mathcad 11 & 13 and Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Essential that the candidate has the ability to work on their own with limited guidance, and also as part of a team interacting with designers, development engineers and project engineers.