Stress Engineer

If you are interested joining an organization with a reputation for outstanding leadership, innovation, and expertise, a position with Eclipse Aerospace may be what you are seeking. Our employees are encouraged to use their creativity and talent to invent new solutions, meet new demands, and offer the most effective services/products in the industry. We are committed an Agile work environment where our employees contribution are not only welcomed but are essential to our company strategy and success.Eclipse Aerospace is committed to supporting our employees’ well-being by providing a robust benefits package including:Medical, Dental & Vision plansFlexible Spending Account/Health Savings Account401k planVoluntary benefitsCompany provided Life InsuranceCompany provided Short and Long Term Disability InsurancePaid time off including holidays, vacation and sick leaveEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Flexible Work Options when availableAnnual discretionary performance based bonuses, designed to reward individual and team contributions to the company’s ongoing successDepartment: EngineeringLocation: Albuquerque, NMRemote: NoSchedule: M-F / exempt position with a minimum work week of 40 hoursTravel: Minimal travel may be requiredSupervisory Role: NoReports to: Manager, EngineeringSalary Range: $95K - $130K / yearGeneral SummaryThe Stress Engineer will perform and check stress, fatigue, and damage tolerance analyses for primary and secondary airframe structures. The structure will include pressurized and un-pressurized metallic fuselage, wing, empennage, landing gear, flight controls, non –metallic and composite exterior and interior components and payloads. The Stress Engineer will work with internal and external customers including airframe, mechanical, propulsion, and avionics design groups, customer field service, manufacturing liaison and MRB, internal and external FAA Designated Engineering Representatives, vendors and supply chain.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned.Perform static strength, fatigue analysis, and damage tolerance analysis based on various loading conditions or combination of load conditions that included flight loads, ground loads, emergency loads, vibration loads, installation loads, environment induced loads, abuse loads, etc.Support manufacturing liaison / MRB and customer field support and coordination with DERDocument stress analysis in formal report system for each drawingWrite formal documentation of analysis results, assumptions, methodology, and techniques for FAA and foreign civil authority certificationReview and approve vendor drawings, stress reports, and test reportsPlan and support structural tests as requiredSolve typical structures engineering problems associated with the research, design, development and manufacture of the aircraft and its components.Coordinate with vendors, design groups, manufacturing liaison, field service support and other groups as requiredQualifications (Required):Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Aero, Civil, Mechanical or equivalent)Minimum of 5 years of airframe stress experienceKnowledge of performing hand calculationsKnowledge of preparing stress reports, covering static, fatigue and damage toleranceFamiliar with relevant FAA certification requirementsKnowledge of repair design and substantiation of metallic and composite structureStrong computer skills, utilizing common tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPointGood understanding of metallic airframe structures including application of diagonal tensioningGood knowledge of NASTRAN softwareAbility to read and interpret detailed drawings, design requirements, and technical reports and dataFamiliarity with CAD platforms such as NX, CATIA, SolidworksExperience with FEMAP and/or PatranFamiliarity with Visual Basic and FortranQualifications (Preferred):Experience with AFGROW or other damage tolerance softwareExperience with composite materials and classic laminate theory analysisKnowledge or experience with Agile methodologyWe are interested in every qualified applicant who is eligible to work in the U.S. We may in our discretion provide visa sponsorship on a selective basis.If you have these skills and experience, we encourage you to apply!