Senior Stress Engineer - Aerospace Structures Lead

Vertical Aerospace; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

5 extra days per year to buy or sell

5 extra days holiday on marriage or CP

4% of salary to spend on benefits

Help@Hand digital health and wellbeing

Company performance based bonus

Company Share Scheme

Company Pension Scheme - 5% matched

Breakfast on us

Job summary

Vertical Aerospace invites a Senior Stress Engineer to join the Airframe Engineering team, leading structural analyses from concept to certification. You will guide substantiation strategies, mentor engineers and collaborate with Design, Loads, Certification, Test and Manufacturing to deliver innovative, safe eVTOL solutions.

You will apply expertise in metallic and composite structures, perform hand-calculation checks and FEAs, and drive evidence to achieve certification milestones for the Valo

Qualifications

• Significant experience performing stress analysis on metallic and composite aerospace structures.
• Strong understanding of hand calculations and finite element modelling techniques.
• Experience developing and executing structural substantiation strategies.
• Ability to identify load paths, predict structural behaviour and assess failure modes.
• Familiarity with technology development and material qualification.
• Experience selecting materials and developing structural concepts from early design stages.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical decision-making across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience leading engineers and coordinating analysis activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform stress analysis of airframe structures and develop optimized solutions to meet demanding performance requirements.
• Lead structural assessments of composite and metallic structures using first-principles calculations and FEA.
• Define and execute analysis strategies aligned with programme and certification requirements.
• Lead small technical teams and coordinate analysis activities across projects.
• Mentor and support development of junior engineers.
• Produce and approve structural substantiation reports and support certification activities.
• Collate verification and certification evidence to demonstrate compliance.
• Act as approval signatory for technical reports and engineering drawings.
• Collaborate with Design, Loads, Certification, Test and Manufacturing teams to deliver integrated engineering solutions.

Skills

Stress analysis

FEA

Substantiation strategies

Load path identification

Material qualification

Team leadership

Communication

Tools

HyperWorks

Job description

Vertical Aerospace invites a Senior Stress Engineer to join the Airframe Engineering team, leading structural analyses from concept to certification. You will guide substantiation strategies, mentor engineers and collaborate with Design, Loads, Certification, Test and Manufacturing to deliver innovative, safe eVTOL solutions.

You will apply expertise in metallic and composite structures, perform hand-calculation checks and FEAs, and drive evidence to achieve certification milestones for the Valo