Aerospace Structural Engineer – Modifications & Certification

Socket.dev; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Newport News, VA seeks an experienced Aerospace Structural Engineer for contract-to-hire. You will perform structural analyses and substantiation for aircraft modifications, repairs, and certification programs, ensuring strength, fatigue, and airworthiness compliance.

You will work with cross-functional teams to evaluate designs, develop analytical models, and prepare stress reports and substantiation packages. Office and hangar environment exposure is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.
• Experience performing structural analysis and engineering substantiation for aircraft structures or aerospace products.
• Strong knowledge of structural mechanics, materials, fatigue, damage tolerance, vibration, FEA, and evaluation methods.
• Experience with ANSYS, FEMAP, NASTRAN, Abaqus, Mathcad or equivalent.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical data.

Responsibilities

• Perform structural analyses for aircraft modifications, repairs, mechanical systems, and aerospace products.
• Evaluate static strength, fatigue, damage tolerance, vibration, and other structural requirements.
• Develop load paths, free-body diagrams, analytical models, and engineering assumptions.
• Prepare stress reports, engineering reports, and margin of safety calculations.
• Review drawings and proposed modifications for structural integrity and manufacturability.
• Support certification documentation, substantiation, test plans, and regulatory activities.
• Provide engineering support during fabrication, installation, testing, and flight-test activities.
• Collaborate with design, mechanical, electrical, certification, production, quality, customers, suppliers to resolve issues.
• Participate in design reviews and provide safety, performance, reliability, maintainability recommendations.

Skills

Structural analysis

Engineering substantiation

Load paths

Structural mechanics

Fatigue analysis

FEA

Documentation

Microsoft Office

Engineering drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

FEMAP

NASTRAN

Abaqus

Mathcad

Job description

Socket.dev in Newport News, VA seeks an experienced Aerospace Structural Engineer for contract-to-hire. You will perform structural analyses and substantiation for aircraft modifications, repairs, and certification programs, ensuring strength, fatigue, and airworthiness compliance.

You will work with cross-functional teams to evaluate designs, develop analytical models, and prepare stress reports and substantiation packages. Office and hangar environment exposure is expected.