Stress Engineer

Safran; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An aerospace engineering company based in Cwmbran is seeking a Stress Engineer to provide analytical support in occupant injury simulation. The ideal candidate will work in collaboration with design, certification, and production teams, ensuring seating products are lightweight and safe. The role offers a competitive salary and benefits, along with the possibility of hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

185 hours holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays

Personal pension scheme

Death in service life insurance

Career development within Safran Group

Hybrid working available

Qualifications

• Analytical support in structural and occupant injury simulation.
• Experience in structural analysis using FE methods is critical.
• Ability to write technical reports in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support for seating products.
• Collaborate with Design, Certification and Production teams.
• Ensure products are lightweight and comply with safety standards.

Skills

Part and assembly meshing

Model setup and analysis in Altair Hyperworks

Linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis

Technical communication skills

English language technical report writing

Tools

Altair Hyperworks

MSC Nastran

Job description

Stress Engineer

Safran Engineering Services UK Limited
Cwmbran
£49,251 per year - estimated ?
Full time
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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.

Requirements

• 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 Skills

• 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.

Good 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