Senior Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

Airbus S.A.S.; Bagstone; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Operations Limited in Filton is seeking a Senior Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (FDT) Analysis Engineer to join the Wing Analysis Engineering team. You will lead complex FDT analyses, sign off on approval milestones, and drive certification activities for CS-25 compliant wing structures.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers, and help shape digital tools for automated sizing and weight-saving opportunities while ensuring airworthiness and regulatory liaison.

Qualifications

• Established track record as a Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Approval signatory.
• Experience leading FDT analysis for wing structures and certification activities.
• Proven ability to liaise with airworthiness bodies and regulatory authorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex FDT analyses and act as approval signatory for wing deliverables.
• Define and validate assumptions and methods to certify outer wing structures.
• Serve as technical focal point with authorities and major stakeholders.
• Introduce advanced methods and digital tools to improve sizing and weight saving.
• Mentor engineers in first principles stress analysis and decision making.

Skills

FDT Signatory

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Aerospace structural analysis

ISAMI

GISEH

Nastran/HyperWorks

Tools

ISAMI

GISEH

Nastran/HyperWorks

Job description

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

Are you passionate about developing wing structures and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams? We are a team of structural engineers, technical experts, and project managers committed to delivering innovative technical solutions to support wing analysis across our aircraft programs.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

• Structural Integrity & Authorisation: Lead the resolution of complex structural analysis challenges, acting as F&DT approval signatory and progressing toward full structural authorisation for critical wing deliverables.
• Certification & Methodology: Define, validate, and revise the core assumptions, sizing rules, and analytical methods used to certify Outer Wing structures to CS-25 airworthiness standards.
• Regulatory & Technical Liaison: Serve as a primary technical focal point representing Wing Engineering to Technical Authorities, Chief Engineering, and Airworthiness Bodies (such as EASA).
• Cross-Disciplinary Innovation: Introduce advanced engineering solutions, best practices, and modern ways of working drawn from aerospace, adjacent high-tech industries, or cutting‑edge research environments.
• Strategic Product Direction: Shape wing product strategy from a F&DT analysis perspective, identifying and deploying digital process improvements, automated sizing tools, and structural weight‑saving opportunities.
• Technical Mentorship: Drive the technical capability of the team by coaching engineers in both first‑principles stress analysis and technical decision‑making.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and competences:

• Signatory Credentials: Established track record as a Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Approval signatory, with the competence and background to attain full structural Authorisation.
• Methods & Toolsets: Detailed working knowledge of F&DT analysis methods and tools (including ISAMI, GISEH, and Nastran/HyperWorks), backed by solid classical hand‑calculation fundamentals.
• Leadership & Delivery: Proven experience steering engineering work packages to cost, quality, and schedule milestones while championing creative problem‑solving and innovation.
• Stakeholder Influence: Skilled at navigating complex, multi‑functional stakeholder networks to align technical airworthiness requirements and customer and programme expectations.
• Communication: Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical data clearly for decision‑making and reviews.

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HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

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.

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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). To “opt in”, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.

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

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Financial Reward:

Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, various optional salary sacrifice benefits, 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 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)

In addition to a competitive base salary, this role includes a flexible benefits allowance of up to 250/350 per month (grade dependent), giving you the freedom to choose the rewards that matter most to you