Senior Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

Airbus Americas; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Americas, based in Wichita, KS, seeks a Senior Structure Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Analysis Engineer to join our Engineering department. You will perform complex FDT analyses for metallic parts and collaborate with design and static stress colleagues to craft repair solutions.

Located on the WSU innovation campus, the team supports in-service fleets with structural repair justifications, while aiming to keep aircraft airworthy and compliant with airworthiness requirements.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering (Aero, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) required.
• Minimum 9 years total analysis experience in airframe design/repair.
• Experience with metallic and/or composite airframe repairs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create high quality FDT repair solutions for airlines and internal customers.
• Autonomously perform complex FDT analyses to ensure structural integrity.
• Mentor junior FDT engineers in metallic repairs.
• Collaborate with Design and Static Stress to optimize repair solutions.
• Ensure final repair brings aircraft back to airworthy condition.
• Plan, monitor and execute tasks to meet customer timelines.
• Provide clear responses to complex repair queries for Airbus Operations and Customer Services.
• Be part of an integrated engineering team with strategy direction.

Skills

Engineering analysis

Python

MS Office

English proficiency

Team collaboration

Education

BS in Engineering (Aero/Civil/Mechanical/Electrical)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Python

Job description

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Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Senior Structure Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Analysis Engineer to join our Engineering department based in Wichita, Kansas.

You will be part of a team that supports the airline in-service fleet on repairs of aircraft structure and is responsible for quality justifications from a fatigue and damage tolerance point of view in a timely manner.

Duties include performing complex F&DT analysis for metallic parts while working in close collaboration with design and static stress colleagues to provide repair solutions.

Methods include the use of both classical hand calculations and computer techniques to develop efficient repair solutions to satisfy airworthiness requirements and customers (Airlines/MROs).

Meet the team:

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you're interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Your working environment:

Located on the Wichita State University (WSU) innovation campus is Airbus' first dedicated engineering facility outside of Europe. Our team of 200+ support staff and engineers focus on aerostructure design including analysis of aircraft primary structures, such as wings and fuselages, for all major Airbus products across the globe.

How we care for you:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ('EAP') and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

• Create high quality integrated and certified engineering repair solutions for the airlines and internal customers within given time scales.
• Autonomously perform complex F&DT analyses to assess that structural integrity requirements have been met using standard hand and computer methods. Assignments include structural justification documentation and subsequent certification documents for in-service fleet support.
• Mentor less experienced F&DT Engineers in all types of metallic structural repairs.
• Liaise with Design, Static Stress and other appropriate Airbus departments to come up with optimum design solutions for the airline customer.
• Mentor F&DT Engineers in order to ensure that methods, assumptions, data and procedures reflect on-going developments.
• Ensure that the final repair solution brings the aircraft back into an airworthy condition.
• Ensure all tasks and activities are correctly planned, monitored and executed to achieve customer time scales.
• Provide responses to complex repair queries by giving guidance as required within Airbus Operations and Customer Services in a clear and concise manner.
• Together with other Repair Design and Stress Engineers, be a member of an integrated engineering team, ensuring its strategy, policy and direction is maintained.

Your boarding pass:

• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Engineering (Aero, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical)
• Minimum 9 years total analysis experience in airframe design/repair programs.
• Experience in metallic and/or composite airframe structural repair.

Preferred experience in:

• MRO/Fleet Engineering experience
• MRB experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, & PowerPoint) required.
• Proficiency with G-Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides) a plus.
• Proficiency with coding in Python a plus.
• Ability to work in a dynamic team environment.
• Ability to interpret and follow verbal and written instructions.
• Dependable, self-motivated and accessible.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written)

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite or remote: Onsite 90%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms.
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer.
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor.
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice.
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site
• Authorized to Work in the US

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Americas, Inc.

Employment Type:

US - Direct Hire

Experience Level:

Professional

Remote Type:

On-site

Job Family:

Structure &