Lead Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (F&DT) Engineer

Airbus S.A.S.; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Profit sharing

Hybrid working (3 days on site)

Pension scheme

Health insurance (Bupa)

On-site parking

Job summary

Airbus Operations Limited in Filton is seeking a Lead Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer to join the Wing Analysis Engineering team. You will act as Technical Signatory for F&D T structural deliverables, guide junior engineers, and drive automated stress workflows with PMT and digital tools.

This role offers hybrid working with on-site collaboration and opportunities within a world-class aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Signatory credential for F&D T analysis.
• Proficient with Airbus methods and tools (ISAMI, GISEH, Nastran, HyperWorks).
• Experience leading engineering packages to gates.
• Strong problem-solving with appetite for digital innovation.
• Clear communication of complex data to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as Technical Signatory and Certification for F&D T deliverables.
• Define and direct F&D T analysis packages across teams.
• Mentor junior to mid-level stress engineers.
• Collaborate with PMT and Digitalization to automate stress workflows.
• Interface with Design, Manufacturing, Materials & Processes to optimize designs.

Skills

Signatory Credential

Methods & Tools

Leadership & Delivery

Problem-Solving Mindset

Communication

Tools

ISAMI

GISEH

Nastran

HyperWorks

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (F&D T) Engineer to join the Wing Analysis Engineering team at Filton.

Responsibilities

• Technical Signatory & Certification: Act as the formal signatory for F&D T structural deliverables, verifying compliance with CS-25, safety, airworthiness, and customer requirements.
• Technical Project Steering: Define, scope, and direct F&D T analysis packages, managing delivery across internal multidisciplinary teams, Chief Engineers, and risk-sharing suppliers.
• Mentorship & Capability Building: Guide and develop junior to mid-level stress engineers, cultivating robust first-principles understanding, tool proficiency, and technical decision-making.
• Process & Tool Transformation: Collaborate with Process, Methods & Tools (PMT) and Digitalization teams to integrate automated stress workflows, parametric scripts, and next-generation sizing tools into daily engineering practices.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Serve as the structural interface with Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials & Processes, and Flight Physics to achieve optimized, lightweight, and manufacturable designs.

Required Skills

• Signatory Credential: Proven experience holding or readiness to qualify for delegated approval signatory status for F&D T analysis
• Methods & Toolsets: High proficiency in Airbus methods and tools (e.g., ISAMI, GISEH, Nastran, HyperWorks) alongside strong classical hand-calculation capabilities.
• Leadership & Delivery: A proven track record of leading technical engineering packages to agreed time, cost, and quality gates, with the confidence to challenge and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving Mindset: A proactive approach to technical resolution, with an appetite for digital innovation, automation, and continuous process improvement.
• Communication: Proven ability to communicate clearly and translate complex analytical data into decisive, high-level summaries.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need and we'll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process - you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities, auxiliary aids, room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert).

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company: Airbus Operations Limited

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Structure & Dynamic Systems Analysis

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.

Benefits

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more
• Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours, hybrid working (3 days on site) and flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday.
• Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities.
• Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support, wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation
• Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site
• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

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