Aerospace Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

Infosys; Chester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

in-tech is seeking a Fatigue and Damage Stress Engineer to join its aerospace engineering team. The candidate will perform Fatigue and Damage Tolerance analyses of airframe structures following Airbus methods, with focus on life assessment, crack propagation, and damage tolerance for metallic and composite structures.

Required are 5–10 years in aerospace structural analysis, strong FEA skills (HYPERMESH, NASTRAN, PATRAN) and experience with Airbus programs.

Qualifications

• Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of hands-on aerospace structural stress analysis experience.
• Experience with Airbus aircraft programs (A320/A330/A350/A380) or similar.
• Strong knowledge of Fatigue Design Guidelines, Principles and Methods.
• Proven experience in Fatigue Life Calculation and Crack Propagation Analysis.
• Solid experience with damage tolerance analysis and inspection concepts.
• Hands-on FEA experience with relevant software.

Responsibilities

• Perform Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Analysis of airframe structures per Airbus methods.
• Apply fatigue design principles to assess life performance and structural integrity.
• Analyse failure modes and fatigue characteristics of aircraft components.
• Conduct fatigue assessments for various mission profiles using aerospace methodologies.
• Perform fatigue analysis of metallic and fastener parts using the AFI method.
• Support composite fatigue analysis where required.
• Carry out crack propagation and damage tolerance analysis using NASGRO models.
• Determine critical crack length and inspection thresholds for crack propagation analysis.
• Assess inspection techniques relevant to crack detection and propagation.

Skills

Fatigue analysis

Damage tolerance

Crack propagation

Structural stress analysis

AFI method

NASGRO

HYPERMESH

NASTRAN

PATRAN

Education

BE/BTech/MTech/MS in Aerospace/Mechanical

Tools

HYPERMESH

NASTRAN

PATRAN

Job description

in-tech is seeking a Fatigue and Damage Stress Engineer to join its aerospace engineering team. The candidate will perform Fatigue and Damage Tolerance analyses of airframe structures following Airbus methods, with focus on life assessment, crack propagation, and damage tolerance for metallic and composite structures.

Required are 5–10 years in aerospace structural analysis, strong FEA skills (HYPERMESH, NASTRAN, PATRAN) and experience with Airbus programs.