F&DT Principal Engineer

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Job Description:

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

You will be part of a team that analyze and validate composite & hybrid structures for Fatigue and Damage Tolerance according to validated methods.  Ensure adherence to relevant regulations, relevant design principles, processes, methods and manufacturing capabilities guidelines.

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:

• Autonomously perform complex durability and damage tolerance analyses to verify that structural integrity requirements have been met.  Team assignments may include detail part sizing, layout maturation, trade study analysis, weight reduction efforts, certification activity, or in-service support.
• Document analyses in support of trade studies or detail drawing sign-out for airframe structure.
• Mentor less experienced F&DT Engineers in fatigue and durability and damage tolerance analysis. 
• Provide functional guidance to less experienced staff, acting in a technical leadership capacity.
• Contact customers, suppliers, and/or subcontractors to exchange technical data and to discuss project performance.
• Position requires in-depth knowledge of classical and numerical (Finite Element) stress analysis methods.
• Provide leadership and on-the-job training for less experienced structural analysts.
• Accept broad objectives with agreed deadlines, but establish the tasks required and how they should be completed.  Capable of working independently.
• Ensure application of best practices and identify the need for enhanced processes, methods, and tools.
• Utilize tool sets at an advanced level.
• Liaise with Design, Static Stress and other appropriate Airbus departments to come up with optimum design solutions.