Landing Gear Structural Analysis Engineer

Guidant Global; Bath; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus in the United Kingdom is seeking a seasoned Landing Gear Structural Analysis Engineer to strengthen the Fatigue and Damage Tolerance capability across nosing gear. Guidant Global is coordinating the search on Airbus' behalf, with a contract running through June 2027 and potential extension.

You'll lead static and fatigue analyses, coordinate with stresses, loads, technical publications and supplier teams, and deliver clear technical reports.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in static stress analysis and fatigue/damage tolerance engineering.
• Knowledge of landing gear structures, fatigue analysis and Airworthiness Limitations.
• Practical understanding of fatigue loads, spectra, damage and life-limit calculations.
• Experience researching technical documents and engineering archives.
• Strong technical report-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Research engineering archives to identify prior towing and fatigue cases and evaluation methods.
• Analyse fleet usage and compare with maintenance manual limitations.
• Redefine pre/post-flight operations and assess impact on nose landing gear fatigue life.
• Provide fatigue loads, spectra, damage and occurrence data for supplier evaluations.
• Coordinate projects from concept through to delivery, managing time and budget.

Skills

Static stress analysis

Fatigue and damage tolerance

Landing gear structures

Fatigue loads modelling

Technical report writing

Stakeholder management

Job description

Use your structural analysis expertise to help shape how Airbus commercial aircraft are operated and maintained. Guidant Global is recruiting a Landing Gear Structural Analysis Engineer on behalf of Airbus. This is an exciting opportunity to support continuous product development and engineering improvements across Airbus commercial aircraft programmes. You will evaluate aircraft fleet operations, assess the effect of ground manoeuvres on Nose Landing Gear fatigue life and help establish updated aircraft towing allowances. Working with the Airbus Stress Team, Loads Team, Chief Engineer, Customer Services and landing gear suppliers, you will take improvement projects from initial analysis through to delivery. The role offers broad technical exposure across the Airbus engineering environment, with opportunities to develop your project coordination, supplier management and cross-functional stakeholder skills.

What You'll Be Doing

• Research engineering archives to identify previously assessed towing cases, including operating frequencies, aircraft weights and evaluation methods.
• Analyse current aircraft usage through fleet data platforms and compare it against Aircraft Maintenance Manual limitations.
• Redefine and reanalyse pre-flight and post-flight aircraft operations, assessing their impact on Nose Landing Gear fatigue life.
• Complete preliminary impact assessments to support technical discussions with landing gear suppliers.
• Provide fatigue loads, spectra, damage and occurrence data for supplier-level evaluations.
• Act as the principal interface between landing gear suppliers and relevant Airbus teams.
• Coordinate engineering projects from concept through to delivery, managing time, budget and quality requirements.
• Produce clear technical reports and internal engineering memoranda.
• Provide regular progress updates to stakeholders across the business.
• Work collaboratively with teams including Stress, Loads, Technical Publications and Customer Services.
• Deliver technical information covering new ground manoeuvres for incorporation into aircraft maintenance documentation.
• Balance multiple technical priorities within a complex engineering environment., Work on technically challenging landing gear and aircraft fatigue-life projects.
• Gain exposure to specialist engineering, technical publications, customer services and supplier teams.
• Develop your experience in project delivery, vendor liaison and cross-functional coordination.
• Work a 4.5-day, 35-hour week, with hours agreed between 7.00 am and 7.00 pm at the discretion of the business.
• Join a new position with a contract running until June 2027 and the possibility of extension.

Essential

• Strong experience in both static stress analysis and fatigue and damage tolerance engineering.
• Knowledge of landing gear structures, fatigue analysis and Airworthiness Limitations.
• Practical understanding of fatigue loads, spectra, damage and life-limit calculations.
• Experience researching technical documents and engineering archives.
• Strong technical report-writing skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to coordinate activity across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Relevant experience is more important than holding a specific qualification.

Desirable

• Previous Airbus Landing Gear experience.
• Experience gained within Airbus or an Airbus supplier.
• Background as a Stress Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer or Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer.