Senior Stress Engineer - Aerospace Actuation Systems

Safran; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company performance bonus scheme

Pension scheme - up to 10% employer

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Flexible benefits programme

Structured training & progression

ERGs and community projects

Job summary

Safran Actuation Systems UK in Wolverhampton is seeking a Senior Stress Engineer to lead structural analysis across hydraulic and mechanical actuation systems. You will perform sizing, fatigue, and failure investigations using classical methods and FEA, delivering reports to support design decisions and customer requirements.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout the product lifecycle, drive robustness, reliability and manufacturability, and contribute to continuous

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of classical stress analysis methods.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with structural analysis and failure investigations.

Responsibilities

• Perform preliminary sizing and structural analysis for actuation systems.
• Deliver stress analysis on hydraulic actuators, valve blocks, gearboxes and related systems.
• Apply classical and computational methods to assess strength, durability and performance.
• Evaluate fatigue life and failure modes of mechanical elements to ensure robust designs.
• Produce technical reports and present findings to stakeholders and customers.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the product lifecycle.
• Support continuous product improvement and investigate root causes in production.

Skills

Classical stress analysis

Stress analysis reporting

Communication skills

Tools

FEA

Job description

Safran Actuation Systems UK in Wolverhampton is seeking a Senior Stress Engineer to lead structural analysis across hydraulic and mechanical actuation systems. You will perform sizing, fatigue, and failure investigations using classical methods and FEA, delivering reports to support design decisions and customer requirements.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout the product lifecycle, drive robustness, reliability and manufacturability, and contribute to continuous