Senior Aircraft Structural Integrity Engineer

Hughes Network Systems; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health perks

HSA

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Flexible time away

Job summary

EchoStar is seeking a Stress Engineer III in Fort Worth, TX to tackle complex structural integrity, load evaluation, and weight optimization across aircraft alteration projects. You will perform hand analyses, use FEA, and produce substantiation reports to ensure regulatory compliance and quality goals.

You will lead project teams, mentor junior analysts, and collaborate with design engineers to improve product performance while leveraging AI tools to accelerate modeling and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of related experience in engineering and structural stress analysis.
• Experience with classical hand stress analysis and finite element modeling for aircraft structures.
• Developing structural substantiation reports and maintaining quality documentation.
• Resolving manufacturing or installation discrepancies for interior monuments, LRUs, and exterior antennas.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive classical hand analysis and finite element modeling to determine external and internal loads while verifying total structural integrity for aircraft alterations
• Generate, maintain, and deliver complete structural substantiation reports to satisfy regulatory standards and quality objectives
• Evaluate manufacturing or installation discrepancies to establish effective engineering solutions, minimize product cost, and optimize aircraft weight
• Support stress department OKRs by leading assigned project teams, mentoring junior analysts, and collaborating with design engineers to enhance product performance
• Leverage AI Application tools to automate finite element data extraction, speed up initial structural modeling, and streamline load report generation

Skills

Classical hand analysis

Finite element analysis (FEA)

Load evaluation

Aircraft structural regulations

Project leadership

AI tools for structural analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

PATRAN

FEMAP

AFGROW

NASGRO

Job description

EchoStar is seeking a Stress Engineer III in Fort Worth, TX to tackle complex structural integrity, load evaluation, and weight optimization across aircraft alteration projects. You will perform hand analyses, use FEA, and produce substantiation reports to ensure regulatory compliance and quality goals.

You will lead project teams, mentor junior analysts, and collaborate with design engineers to improve product performance while leveraging AI tools to accelerate modeling and reporting.