Airframe Structures Lead Engineer
Quest Global
- Preston
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Specialist understanding and experience in the use and interpretation of the computer based analytical techniques used by the department such as finite element analysis, CAD modelling and engineering schematics
- Liaising with design teams and other stakeholders throughout the design lifecycle to ensure coordination and functionality of system designs, including supporting design reviews.
- Liaise with the client in building the Airframe structures project strategy and planning on competence basis, technically challenging where necessary
- Working alongside other engineering disciplines to deliver integrated solutions, gathering evidence to demonstrate compliance of these solutions with safety, function, and performance requirements
- Advise and monitor the technical leads and managers to implement the structure strategy step by step
- Technical specification preparation and management of requirements, acceptance, verification and validation of requirements
- Implementation of Model based design and definition approach & Model based system engineering
- End to end lifecycle development & testing - Design, Analysis and Optimisation phases
- Authoring and reviewing design and analysis reports
The candidate is expected to have a good knowledge of Aircraft Primary Structures and Systems, Advance CAD Structural Analysis, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Optimisation, Safety & Certification.The candidate possess the following skills are added value * Aircraft structural design using Model Based Design (MBD) CAD techniques and automation approach
- Structural analysis through Finite Element Analysis (FEA) advanced techniques
- Static Linear and Non-linear, Dynamic analysis, Failure mode, Strength and Durability assessments
- Extracting aerodynamic external & internal loads, flight unit load combinations, fatigue loads & spectrum
- Designing structures by calculation to ensure they meet the required load cases and safety factors
- Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Analysis, Crack growth and propagation assessment
- Proficient in hand calculations using classic stress analysis techniques to meet certification and sizing
- Methods & Process development respect to the latest digital thread and digital twin aspects
- Detailed knowledge and experience in systems engineering and engineering specification composition
- Preparation of Calculations, CDM activities, Basis of Design, Material Specifications, Scopes of Work.
- Good Verbal and written English skills.
- Good communication in English (oral & written) & Interpersonal skills
- Customer focus - ability to build and develop customer & supplier relationships
- Organisational agility
- Problem solving ability
- Logical thinking
- Effective time management
- Results driven outlook