Lead Aircraft Structural Stress Engineer – Remote Analysis

Aska Fly; Firebaugh (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ASKA seeks an Lead Structural Stress Analysis Engineer to own the aircraft structural substantiation. You will lead analysis priorities, review loads, and guide a stress engineer while coordinating with systems and design. The role requires building FE models in Patran, using Nastran, and validating results against tests.

You’ll assess static strength, buckling, fatigue, and joint performance, plan tests, and document findings. Occasional hands-on testing at Eagle Field Airport may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering or equivalent structural-analysis expertise.
• 5+ years of aircraft structural stress analysis experience with documented substantiation.
• Minimum 3 years hands-on Nastran; minimum 3 years Patran for FE model prep and analysis.
• Strong understanding of composite and metallic structures, joints, buckling, load paths, and failure modes.
• Experience validating FE results with hand calculations and correlating predictions with measurements.
• Ability to clearly communicate analysis assumptions and design implications to cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated technical leadership reviewing stress analyses and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and review structural-analysis work and set priorities with the support engineer.
• Build and maintain global and local FE models using Patran and run Nastran analyses.
• Verify load paths, boundary conditions, material properties and joint idealizations.
• Perform static strength, buckling and modal assessments with mesh sensitivity and equilibrium checks.
• Evaluate laminates, fittings, fasteners and bonded joints using suitable criteria.
• Assess fatigue or damage-tolerance implications and coordinate specialist analyses.
• Plan structural tests and correlate stiffness, strain and modal data with predictions.
• Prepare stress reports detailing assumptions, margins, validation, and limitations.
• Improve verification methods and establish acceptance criteria with specialists.

Skills

Nastran

Patran

Finite-element modeling

Structural analysis leadership

Communication with design/loads teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering

Tools

3DEXPERIENCE CATIA

Python

MATLAB

Job description

ASKA seeks an Lead Structural Stress Analysis Engineer to own the aircraft structural substantiation. You will lead analysis priorities, review loads, and guide a stress engineer while coordinating with systems and design. The role requires building FE models in Patran, using Nastran, and validating results against tests.

You’ll assess static strength, buckling, fatigue, and joint performance, plan tests, and document findings. Occasional hands-on testing at Eagle Field Airport may be required.