Landing Gear Structural Analysis Engineer in Filton, Gloucestershire

Energy Jobline CVL; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Line Up Aviation is sourcing a Landing Gear Structural Analysis Engineer for a contract role in Filton, offering 60% onsite work and an hourly rate of £46 via umbrella, inside IR35. The contract runs until June 2027 with potential extension. BPSS clearance is required before starting.

You will conduct fatigue and static stress analyses, liaise with Airbus teams and suppliers, and manage cross-functional projects to ensure timely, within-budget delivery with high quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of landing gear structures and fatigue analysis.
• Experience with Airworthiness Limitations and Fatigue loads.
• Strong report writing and data analysis capabilities.
• Experience interfacing with suppliers and multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Research: identify towing cases from archives with frequencies, weights and evaluation methods.
• Fleet data analysis to compare usage against maintenance manual limits to set parameters.
• Lead initial impact analyses with landing gear vendors and Airbus teams to agree on solutions.
• Coordinate projects, track delivery against time, budget and quality; report to stakeholders.
• Collaborate across Loads, TechPubs, Customer Services and other functions.

Skills

Landing gear

Fatigue analysis

Airworthiness

Static Stress

F&D Tolerance

Stakeholder management

Airbus experience

Job description

Our client has an opportunity for a Landing Gear Structural Analysis Engineer to join them on a contract until June 2027 with possible extension.

Role: Landing Gear Structural Analysis Engineer
Location: Filton - 60% onsite
Hourly Rate: £46 per hour via an Umbrella company, inside IR35
Hours: 35 per week
Clearance: BPSS required before starting

What you’ll be doing:

• Research: Search document archives to identify originally assessed towing cases, including frequencies, weights, and evaluation methods.
• Fleet Data Analysis: Utilize fleet data platforms to analyze current aircraft usage against Aircraft Maintenance Manual limitations, helping define future operational parameters.
• Vendor Collaboration & Impact Analysis: Conduct preliminary impact analyses to facilitate discussions with landing gear vendors, providing fatigue loads, methods, and occurrence data. Act as the primary interface between the landing gear vendor and Airbus teams to collaborate on technical solutions.
• Project & Stakeholder Management: Lead and coordinate engineering projects, overseeing project delivery against time, budget, and quality standards while providing regular updates to stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Teamwork: Work across functions, including Loads, TechPubs, Customer Services, and other key business areas.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of landing gear structures, fatigue analysis and Airworthiness Limitations.
• Strong experience in both Static Stress and F & DT Engineer.
• Experience researching technical documents and engineering archives.
• Strong technical report writing skills.
• Practical understanding of fatigue loads, spectra, damages, and life limit calculations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capability to coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Airbus or Airbus supplier experience.

Line Up Aviation has carved its own place in the recruitment of Aviation and Aerospace personnel all over the world for more than 30 years. We work with some of the industry's best known companies who demand the highest standard of applicants.