Senior Stress Engineer - Lead & Grow Nuclear FEA

Assystem; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work 3 days remote per week

Holiday bonuses

Ongoing training and career growth

Job summary

Assystem is recruiting a Senior/Principal Stress Engineer in the UK to lead a community of stress engineers, delivering high-value assessments using FEA and industry codes. The role includes mentoring, capability development and working with cross-disciplinary teams in nuclear and defence sectors.

The position is hybrid, with client-facing responsibilities and opportunities to influence strategy, tools and talent within the stress capability.

Qualifications

• Lead a community of stress engineers.
• Strong background in stress analysis and structural integrity.
• Expertise in FEA with ABAQUS/ANSYS and relevant codes (ASME, BS7910, R6).
• Experience in nuclear or similarly regulated sector.
• CEng or working toward it.
• Ability to develop and implement technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex stress and structural integrity assessments using FEA and hand calculations
• Review and approve technical work, representing Assystem confidently with clients
• Mentor and develop engineers, building future stress specialists
• Drive capability growth — training, methods, best practices, recruitment and retention
• Support bids and business development, working closely with Engineering Directors and Sales
• Collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams in the nuclear and defence sectors

Skills

Stress engineering leadership

FEA expertise

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical strategy development

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward it

Tools

ABAQUS

ANSYS

Job description

Assystem is recruiting a Senior/Principal Stress Engineer in the UK to lead a community of stress engineers, delivering high-value assessments using FEA and industry codes. The role includes mentoring, capability development and working with cross-disciplinary teams in nuclear and defence sectors.

The position is hybrid, with client-facing responsibilities and opportunities to influence strategy, tools and talent within the stress capability.