Lead Stress Engineer

Safran S.A.; Cwmbran; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday (including bank)0hol

Pension scheme with salary sacrifice

Job summary

Safran Seats in Cwmbran, South Wales, seeks a Lead Stress Engineer to join the dedicated stress team onsite with a hybrid working model (3 days on site).

You will oversee advanced structural analysis, develop FEA models, perform hand calculations, and guide design iterations for first- and business-class seating projects in collaboration with airlines.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualifications providing knowledge to work from first principles.
• Ability to hand calculate and work through concepts.
• FEA experience with linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis and/or multi-body dynamic analysis and/or non-linear explicit FE analysis.
• Experience with solvers and software like Altair Radioss, HyperCrash, HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct, MSC Nastran, SimSolid, MotionSolve.
• Analysing structures made with high performance steels, corrosion resistant steels, aluminium and/or composite materials.

Responsibilities

• Join the Stress Engineering team on projects across aircraft seating development and certification.
• Develop and run FEA models to prove and certify design iterations.
• Collaborate with airlines and internal teams to deliver state-of-the-art interiors.
• Contribute to hands-on design optimization from first principles to final validation.

Skills

Hand calculations

FEA experience

Dynamic simulation

Static simulation

Altair Radioss

HyperCrash

HyperMesh

HyperView

OptiStruct

MSC Nastran

SimSolid

MotionSolve

Linear analysis

Non-linear analysis

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Altair Radioss

HyperCrash

HyperMesh

HyperView

OptiStruct

MSC Nastran

SimSolid

MotionSolve

Job description

Lead Stress Engineer

Cwmbran – Safran Seats

Hybrid – 3 days on site

Skills: Static Simulation, Hand Calculations, Certification, Altair, Radioss, HyperCrash, HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct, Nastran, SimSolid, MotionSolve, Linear, Non-Linear, Dynamic, Multi-Body, FEA, Finite Element, Structural, FEM, MBD, Part21

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you—both in and out of work, including:

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%.
• Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members.
• Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work
• 4 x Life Assurance
• Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection.
• Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme
• Annual share save schemes.

Opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools

Safran – Here, we craft excellence together.

At Safran, excellence is a journey – and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Stress team across all levels from Stress Engineers, through Senior Stress Engineers to Lead Engineers at our Cwmbran site in South Wales.

Your Role

By joining the Stress Engineering team at Safran Seats you will be joining at team with real, fast paced development, for both you and the products and projects you will be working on. Unlike some roles across Aerospace, at Safran Seats you will see your designs and projects become reality as the project lifecycle of First and Business Class aircraft seating is constantly developed and refreshed. This is because we work directly with the Airlines to bring cutting edge, state of the art aircraft interiors to life. You will be using your Engineering core skills daily, from hand calculations to building and running FEA models of design iterations to prove and certify these impressive products. As we have roles at multiple levels don't be put off if you don't tick every box, for Senior and Lead roles we would be looking for Dynamic simulation skills but if you just have experience in Static simulation we still have roles for you.

What You'll Bring

Essential

• Engineering qualifications which provide you with the knowledge to work from 1st Principals
• The ability to hand calculate and work through concepts
• FEA experience with linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis and/or multi-body dynamic analysis and/or non-linear explicit FE analysis
• Experience with Solvers and other software packages like; Altair Radioss, HyperCrash, HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct, MSC Nastran, SimSolid, MotionSolve
• Analysing structures made with high performance steels, corrosion resistant steels, aluminium and/or composite materials of both monolithic and sandwich panel construction.

Desirable

• Knowledge of working to industry standards and codes. Knowledge of Part 25 (EASA/FAA) and Boeing / Airbus specifications. Knowledge of ACs, ARPs and Aerospace Standards. Knowledge of Aerospace Material Standards and Material or component test standards and post-processing methods (e.g. ASTMs and B-Basis calculations)
• Project Management experience
• Ability to programme VBA, Python or similar language