Airframe Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (F&DT) Engineer (d/f/m)
Core
Perform fatigue and damage tolerance assessments on primary airframe structures to ensure operational safety and regulatory compliance from design to fleet support.
Role type
Entry-level Airframe Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer
Builds
Airworthiness justification documents, fatigue test reports, and internal F&DT calculation tools
Domain
Aerospace / Structural Integrity
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
fatigue analysis, fracture mechanics, damage tolerance principles, FEM tools (HyperMesh), regulatory compliance (CS/FAR 25)
Preferred skills
Python scripting
Responsibilities
Perform detailed fatigue and damage tolerance assessments on primary airframe structures; Prepare airworthiness justification documents and contribute to regulatory compliance; Support full-scale and component fatigue testing from load spectrum definition to crack growth correlation; Support fatigue impact for in-service structural modification requests; Contribute to the improvement of internal F&DT tools by automating calculation routines
Seniority
Entry Level, hands-on IC