Principal Stress Engineer

6 days ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Inter-Quest Full time £55,800 per year

Location:

Bristol, England

Salary:

£ per hour + Umbrella (Inside IR35)

Category

Stress Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and Defence

Contract type

Contract

Consultant:

Nick Wallwork

Up to £55.56 per hour umbrella (Inside IR35)

Hybrid working (up to 4 days per week on site where required in either Basildon, Bristol or Southampton as preferred)

Job Role:

The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting Stress Analysis, communicating the results and advising on all aspects of Structural Engineering activities. The role will involve working with multi-discipline project teams and our Customers across the UK.

What you'll do as a Principal Stress Engineer:

  • Analyse and assess mechanical designs for strength, durability, performance and safety against regulatory and customer requirements using finite element techniques and classical hand calculations.
  • Generate Finite Element Models and reports as per company requirements.
  • Support the selection of manufacturing technologies and materials based on a sound understanding of material physical and mechanical properties and the mechanical fit, form and function of the product.
  • Conduct structural and thermo-structural analyses of complex Products using Siemens NX.
  • Advise/support on the development of mechanical structural designs to achieve the desired Product Requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant legislative, regulatory and contractual requirements (based on recognised military/civil standards).
  • Point of contact for assigned projects, advising on all aspects of stress and structural dynamics throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Attributes:

Essential:

  • Application of a wide range of classical hand calculation techniques for static and dynamic loading conditions and fatigue assessment (Land, Naval or Airborne equipment).
  • Experience of environmental test methods for design verification and working knowledge of design certification for land based and airborne equipment.
  • Proven experience in the use of Finite Element Analysis software tools (preferably Siemens NX/Nastran) and techniques.

Desirable:

  • An understanding of the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU.
  • Experience in the design, analysis and test of electronics packaging and/or aerospace equipment.
  • Experience in Thermal Analysis techniques and tool sets (IcePak, Siemens NX).
  • Experience of manufacturing and joining techniques, engineering material properties.

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