Stress Engineer

Safran Engineering Services; Cwmbran; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Stress Engineer for a role based in Cwmbran. This position involves analytical support in structural and occupant injury simulation, collaborating across various functions. The role allows hybrid working with an expected pattern of 3 days on-site and 2 days working from home. Candidates must possess strong technical skills in FE analysis and report writing, with experience in aerospace standards being highly desirable.

Benefits

185 hours holiday plus bank holidays

Personal pension scheme

Death in service life insurance

PEGI Share Scheme

Career development opportunities

Training and development focus

Early finish on Friday

Qualifications

• Experienced stress engineer with expertise in part and assembly meshing.
• Knowledge of dynamic and static occupant injury requirements.
• Experience with aircraft seat structures is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform part and assembly meshing and model setup.
• Conduct linear and non-linear implicit FE analysis.
• Validate FE results and author aerospace standard calculations.

Skills

Part and assembly meshing

Model setup and analysis in Altair Hyperworks

Linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis

FE checking and validation

Technical report writing

Direct communication with internal departments

Tools

Altair Hyperworks

MSC Nastran

Job description

Overview

Safran Engineering Services is looking for a Stress Engineer to join our team at our customer in Cwmbran. The job involves analytical support in structural and occupant injury simulation, working closely with other functions such as Design, Certification and Production to ensure that seating products are lightweight, durable and safe throughout their working life. The role will be based in the Cwmbran area, and will be a combination of working from home and working at the customer site. Expected 3 days on site, 2 days at home.

Responsibilities

• Part and assembly meshing, model setup and analysis in Altair Hyperworks (Hypermesh, Optistruct, Hyperview) and MSC Nastran
• Linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis
• FE checking and validation
• Use, authoring and checking of aerospace standard classical calculations
• English language technical report writing and presentation skills
• Technical, direct communication with internal departments such as Design, Certification, and Production

Requirements

• Experienced stress engineer with the following skillsets: Part and assembly meshing, model setup and analysis in Altair Hyperworks (Hypermesh, Optistruct, Hyperview) and MSC Nastran
• Linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis
• FE checking and validation
• Use, authoring and checking of aerospace standard classical calculations
• English language technical report writing & presentation skills
• Technical, direct communication with internal departments such as Design, Certification, and Production

Desirable

• Multi-body dynamic analysis and/or non-linear explicit FE analysis (Radioss)
• Knowledge of fatigue and damage tolerance
• Experience with aircraft seat structures
• Occupant injury criteria

Knowledge and Understanding

• Loading requirements, limit and ultimate, dynamic and static occupant injury requirements
• Metallic, non-metallic and composite materials and their behaviour
• Weight requirements and identification of surplus material - weight optimisation
• Damage mechanisms including plasticity and instability, and imperfections in production and build quality
• Aerospace regulations FAR/CS 25-561, EASA Part 21 J, ARP 5526 and airframer specifications

Benefits

• 185 hours holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays
• Personal pension scheme whereby 5% contribution from employee and 8% from employer plus salary sacrifice
• Death in service life insurance - covering up to 4x annual basic salary in the event of death in service
• PEGI Share Scheme
• Career development within Safran Group
• Training & development are a focus
• Hybrid working available
• Early finish on a Friday