Senior Aerospace Structure Stress Engineer (FDT/FEA)

Kaleidoscope Innovation, Inc.; Kinston (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaleidoscope Innovation, Inc. in Kinston, NC is seeking a Structure Stress Engineer to lead static, fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of primary and secondary aircraft structures.

The role requires hands-on experience with FEA, hand calculations and familiarity with Airbus design processes. The candidate should have 5–10 years of aerospace structural stress analysis experience, be familiar with Airbus tools such as ISAMI, and be fluent in French and English.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Fatigue and Damage TDT analysis for structure.
• Advanced Static and non-linear analysis experience.
• Knowledge of hand calculations and FE analysis.
• Knowledge of Airbus design processes (RSDP, SIDP, AP, ABD, AIPI, AIPS).
• Understanding of aerospace design principles and airworthiness requirements.
• Experience with Airbus Supply tools (DocMaster, Airnavx).
• Ensure safe operation of Airbus aircraft regarding structural integrity.
• Airbus stress Signatory experience (Checker/approver).
• Valid Airbus training certificates in AIRBUS SAP, ISAMI, VPM and PASS SSI.
• Bi-lingual (French and English).

Responsibilities

• Lead Static, Fatigue and Damage TDT stress analysis of primary and secondary aircraft structures using hand calculations and FEA.
• Experience with metallic and composite structure stress analysis.
• Understand load paths and extract loads from FEM (GFEM/DFEM).
• Identify critical failure modes and ensure structural integrity.
• Mitigation techniques for low margins of safety.
• Prepare stress dossiers per certification requirements.
• Review and validate stress analysis outputs and dossiers for compliance.
• Coordinate with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, configuration management.
• Represent technical coordination on-site/offshore.
• Familiarity with Airbus Stress Tools, including ISAMI.

Skills

Fatigue & Damage TDT

Static Analysis

Non-linear Analysis

Hand Calculations

FEA

Airbus Processes

Airbus Design

Airbus Tools

Airbus Signatory

Airbus Certificates

Bilingual FR/EN

Education

BE/BTech/MTech/MS

Tools

PATRAN

NASTRAN

ISAMI Analyst

ABAQUS

SAP PAC

GISEH

HyperWorks

PASS SSI

VPM

SRM/ASR

ADL

Python

Visual Basic

JIRA

MTS

HSB

Job description

Kaleidoscope Innovation, Inc. in Kinston, NC is seeking a Structure Stress Engineer to lead static, fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of primary and secondary aircraft structures.

The role requires hands-on experience with FEA, hand calculations and familiarity with Airbus design processes. The candidate should have 5–10 years of aerospace structural stress analysis experience, be familiar with Airbus tools such as ISAMI, and be fluent in French and English.