Stress Engineer Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Perform structural analyses and develop engineering substantiation for aircraft modifications, repairs, and certification programs.
• Conduct static strength, fatigue, damage tolerance, vibration, thermal, and other structural evaluations to support engineering decisions.
• Prepare engineering reports, stress reports, margin of safety calculations, compliance documentation, and supporting technical data.
• Review engineering drawings, designs, and proposed aircraft modifications to verify structural integrity, manufacturability, maintainability, and compliance.
• Develop structural load paths, free-body diagrams, analytical models, and engineering assumptions supporting substantiation activities.
• Work closely with mechanical, electrical, design, certification, production, and quality teams to resolve structural challenges.
• Support the development of certification documentation, engineering reports, substantiation packages, and test plans.
• Provide engineering support during fabrication, assembly, installation, troubleshooting, testing, and aircraft modification activities.
• Participate in engineering design reviews and provide recommendations related to structural integrity, reliability, safety, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain engineering documentation under configuration control while ensuring compliance with engineering standards and procedures.
• Assist with continuous improvement initiatives, engineering methods, design standards, and process enhancements.
• Perform other engineering-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Experience performing structural analyses and developing engineering substantiation for aircraft structures, mechanical systems, or aerospace products.
• Strong knowledge of structural mechanics, materials, fatigue, damage tolerance, vibration, engineering evaluation methods, classical hand calculations, and finite element analysis (FEA).
• Experience preparing engineering analyses, stress reports, margin of safety calculations, and compliance documentation.
• Experience using engineering analysis software such as ANSYS, FEMAP, NASTRAN, Abaqus, Mathcad , or equivalent analytical tools.
• Familiarity with aerospace materials, manufacturing processes, fastener systems, composite structures, and aircraft structural repair practices.
• Experience working with customers, FAA representatives, suppliers, certification authorities, DERs, or OEMs.
• Familiarity with configuration management, engineering release processes, and aerospace quality systems such as AS9100 .
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work in both office and aircraft hangar environments.
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience supporting aircraft modification, repair, integration, or aerospace product development programs.
• Experience supporting FAA certification, STC programs, military airworthiness, or other regulated aerospace projects.
• Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516C airworthiness requirements and military aircraft modification programs.
• Experience performing static strength, fatigue, damage tolerance, vibration, thermal, or finite element analyses supporting aircraft structures.
• Experience preparing engineering reports, substantiation packages, compliance documentation, test plans, and certification support documentation.
• Experience supporting aircraft production, modification, installation, ground testing, or flight test activities.