Stress Engineer
Safran Group
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Safran Seats in Cwmbran, Wales, is seeking a Stress Engineer to join the on-site team with hybrid flexibility (3 days on site). You will work in the Stress Engineering group, performing hand calculations and FEA to size and simulate seating structures for First and Business Class aircraft interiors.
Essentials include experience with FEA solvers such as Radioss, HyperMesh, Nastran, and practice of dynamic/multi-body analysis; you will collaborate with design and validation teams to certify
Qualifications
- Engineering background with hands-on ability to perform calculations and verify concepts.
- FEA experience including linear and nonlinear analysis for aerospace structures.
- Experience with high-performance steels, aluminum or composite materials.
Responsibilities
- Perform hand calculations and develop/validate FEA models for design iterations.
- Develop structural concepts and certify products for safety and performance.
- Collaborate with design, analysis and qualification teams to meet aerospace standards.
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Job description
Stress Engineer
Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.
Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's ""World's Best Companies 2025"" ranking.
With more than one million seats installed across the fleets of the world's leading airlines, Safran Seats is one of the global leaders in passenger, crew, aircraft and helicopter seating, delivering innovative, high value-added solutions.
2026-176695
Research, design and development
Mechanics - Sizing and simulation of systems and mechanical parts
Stress Engineer
Permanent
Professional, Engineer & Manager
Full-time
Stress Engineer
Cwmbran – Safran Seats
Hybrid – 3 days on site
Skills: Static Simulation, Hand Calculations, Certification, Altair, Radioss, HyperCrash, HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct, Nastran, SimSolid, MotionSolve, Linear, Non-Linear, Dynamic, Multi-Body, FEA, Finite Element, Structural, FEM, MBD, Part21
Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you—both in and out of work, including:
- 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
- Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%.
- Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members.
- Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work
- 4 x Life Assurance
- Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection.
- Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme
- Annual share save schemes.
- Opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools
Safran – Here, we craft excellence together.
At Safran, excellence is a journey – and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision
We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Stress team across all levels from Stress Engineers, through Senior Stress Engineers to Lead Engineers at our Cwmbran site in South Wales.
By joining the Stress Engineering team at Safran Seats you will be joining at team with real, fast paced development, for both you and the products and projects you will be working on. Unlike some roles across Aerospace, at Safran Seats you will see your designs and projects become reality as the project lifecycle of First and Business Class aircraft seating is constantly developed and refreshed. This is because we work directly with the Airlines to bring cutting edge, state of the art aircraft interiors to life. You will be using your Engineering core skills daily, from hand calculations to building and running FEA models of design iterations to prove and certify these impressive products. As we have roles at multiple levels don't be put off if you don't tick every box, for Senior and Lead roles we would be looking for Dynamic simulation skills but if you just have experience in Static simulation we still have roles for you.
At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.
We also know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role. Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation
- A global presence: Be part of a global aerospace, defence & space business with over 100,000 Colleagues, across 300 sites in 30 countries.
- Inclusive & empowering environment: We celebrate our differences and believe they make us stronger. We know that a fulfilling work environment is a key driver for innovative ideas and team success.
- Innovation at the core: Join our mission to decarbonise aerospace and make the world a safer place. Your ambitions can take us further.
- Mobility & training opportunities: We can support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities. If you have big dreams, we'll support you to make them a reality.
- Engineering qualifications which provide you with the knowledge to work from 1st Principals
- The ability to hand calculate and work through concepts
- FEA experience with linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis and/or multi-body dynamic analysis and/or non-linear explicit FE analysis
- Experience with Solvers and other software packages like; Altair Radioss, HyperCrash, HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct, MSC Nastran, SimSolid, MotionSolve
- Analysing structures made with high performance steels, corrosion resistant steels, aluminium and/or composite materials of both monolithic and sandwich panel construction.
- Knowledge of working to industry standards and codes. Knowledge of Part 25 (EASA/FAA) and Boeing / Airbus specifications. Knowledge of ACs, ARPs and Aerospace Standards. Knowledge of Aerospace Material Standards and Material or component test standards and post-processing methods (e.g. ASTMs and B-Basis calculations)
- Project Management experience
- Ability to programme VBA, Python or similar language
Europe, UK, Wales
Llantarnam Industrial Park NP44 3HQ Cwmbran
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