Aircraft Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

CHIPTON-ROSS Inc.; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Chipton-Ross Inc. seeks an Aircraft Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer for a contract opportunity in Waco, TX.

The role focuses on structural fatigue and damage tolerance analyses of aircraft modifications, supporting design and preparing technical documentation for airworthiness. Qualified candidates have 10+ years (BS) or 9 years (MS) of relevant experience, can generate FBDs, determine reaction forces, evaluate stress concentrations, and obtain a security clearance.

Qualifications

• Must be able to generate free body diagrams, determine reaction forces, and calculate internal load distributions, local stress concentrations, and operational usage environments.
• Must be able to travel as necessary.
• Must be able to obtain a security clearance.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, and have general computer knowledge.
• Must be able to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to mentor younger engineers
• Effective leadership qualities

Responsibilities

• Perform structural fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of aircraft modifications, including design support and preparation of technical documentation to ensure airworthiness.
• Determine critical load paths in primary aircraft structure from applied and induced loads, and assess local stress concentrations, internal fastener load distributions, usage environments and design allowables.

Skills

FBD analysis

Stress analysis

Load distribution

MS Office

Communication skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Shift flexibility

Security clearance

Education

BS in Mechanical/Aerospace/Civil Engineering

MS in Mechanical/Aerospace/CE

Tools

AFGROW

NASGRO

CAD/FEA tools

Job description

Chipton-Ross is seeking an Aircraft Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer for a contract opportunity in Waco TX.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• BSME, BSAE, BSCE and minimum 10 years of relevant work experience
• MSME, MSAE, MSCE and minimum 9 years of relevant work experience.
• Must be able to generate free body diagrams, determine reaction forces, and calculate internal load distributions, local stress concentrations, and operational usage environments
• Must be able to travel as necessary.
• Must be able to obtain a security clearance.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, and have general computer knowledge.
• Must be able to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to mentor younger engineers
• Effective leadership qualities

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Aircraft Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer responsible for performing structural fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of aircraft modifications, including design support, and preparation of technical documentation necessary to ensure airworthiness.

Determination of critical load paths in primary aircraft structure resulting from applied and induced operational loads, as well as the determining the local stress concentrations, internal fastener load distributions, operational usage environments and design allowables.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Experience with predicting crack initiation lives and running standard crack growth programs; e.g., AFGROW, NASGRO
• Working knowledge of one programming language
• CAD or analysis (FEA) tools exposure, and/or experience in mechanical design or analysis structures and mechanisms
• Working knowledge of both military (Mil Standard) and civilian (14 CFRs) certification regulations and generating substantiation data to demonstrate compliance
• Familiarity with transducer instrumentation, data collection and or automation and software programming for numerical analysis
• Working knowledge on how to develop the Airworthiness Limitations section of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness for a structural modification
• Experience with standard Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) methods and corresponding crack growth detectable flaw sizes

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

Accredited Bachelor's Degree.

WORK HOURS:

Mon-Fri, 9/80, 7:30-5, but flexible, OT likely.