Senior Aerospace Structural Stress Engineer

Aalto; Rushmoor; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonus

Generous Annual Leave

Private Healthcare

Pension Contributions

Income Protection & Life Assurance

Electric Vehicle & Car Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discounts

Job summary

AALTO in Farnborough, UK, is seeking a Senior Stress Engineer to own structural analysis activities across the product lifecycle. You will lead analysis, guide design choices, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety, performance, and reliability of our stratospheric platform.

You will apply FEA and hand calculations, work with composite materials, and support production and certification activities, delivering robust engineering decisions and continuous improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in structural stress analysis within aviation/aerospace.
• Strong understanding of aircraft structural design principles and requirements verification.
• Experience performing both Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and hand calculations.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural analysis activities throughout the aircraft design and development process.
• Conduct material selection and structural concept trade studies during preliminary design phases.
• Develop and maintain structural design records using applicable historical data and analysis.
• Provide structural engineering support for production and line maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with mechanical design engineers to develop detailed designs for new and existing aircraft platforms.
• Provide technical guidance to cross-functional product development teams.
• Support design reviews and resolve build-related engineering challenges.
• Plan and support structural and materials testing for validation/certification.
• Lead or contribute to engineering reviews for assigned work packages.
• Investigate and resolve structural repairs, concessions, and deviation requests.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities to enhance quality and manufacturing efficiency.

Skills

Structural stress analysis

Aerospace industry knowledge

FEA

Composite materials

Aircraft design principles

Industry-standard tools

Analytical reasoning

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Technical communication

Tools

ANSYS

Nastran

Job description

AALTO in Farnborough, UK, is seeking a Senior Stress Engineer to own structural analysis activities across the product lifecycle. You will lead analysis, guide design choices, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety, performance, and reliability of our stratospheric platform.

You will apply FEA and hand calculations, work with composite materials, and support production and certification activities, delivering robust engineering decisions and continuous improvements.