Aircraft Production & In-Service Concessions Engineer (Stress)

Job description

Key Responsibilities - Perform static strength, fatigue, damage tolerance, and stability assessments for production and in-service concessions. - Evaluate manufacturing non-conformances, deviations, waivers, concessions, and quality notifications affecting aircraft structures. - Develop engineering dispositions including Use-As-Is, Repair, Rework, and Acceptable Variations. - Support Material Review Board (MRB) and concession activities by providing structural substantiation and risk assessments. - Assess in-service structural damage, repairs, and continued airworthiness concerns. - Perform hand calculations, classical stress analysis, and finite element assessments to substantiate dispositions. - Review and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, stress reports, and certification requirements. - Coordinate with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Airworthiness, and Customer Engineering teams to resolve structural issues within program timelines. - Ensure compliance with company design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer standards. - Support root cause investigations and implementation of corrective actions related to structural non-conformances. - Prepare and review technical documentation, stress reports, and approval packages. Required Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline. - 5–15+ years of experience in aircraft structural stress analysis. - Strong experience in production concessions, MRB, non-conformance disposition, or in-service structural assessments. - Good understanding of aircraft metallic and composite structures. - Proficiency in classical hand calculations and structural substantiation methodologies. - Experience with aerospace design standards, certification requirements, and airworthiness principles. - Ability to independently evaluate structural deviations and provide technically sound dispositions. - Strong technical communication and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Qualifications - Previous delegated stress approval authority/signatory responsibility for concessions, MRB, QNs, or non-conformance dispositions. - Experience supporting major OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, or MRO organizations. - Exposure to both production and in-service aircraft support environments. - Experience with fatigue and damage tolerance assessments. - Familiarity with repair design and structural repair manuals (SRM). - Working knowledge of FEA tools such as: - Nastran/Patran - HyperMesh - Abaqus - ANSYS