Senior Stress Engineer

Overview

In this role you will ensure the safety and performance of rotating components in gas turbines through advanced stress analysis. You will join a cross-functional stress team delivering validated designs and lifing assessments for aero engine components. You’ll work with industry-standard FEA tools to resolve technical challenges, mentor colleagues, and communicate results to stakeholders, including airworthiness authorities. This position offers hands-on impact in a global engineering environment and exposure to high-stakes, rotating machinery applications.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive base salary
• work/life balance
• private medical insurance
• pension scheme
• life assurance
• 25 days of holiday + bank holidays

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed stress analyses (static, fatigue, creep, vibration) on rotatives such as discs, shafts and blades
• Create FE meshes for analysis
• Identify solutions and propose improvements or alternatives
• Utilise FEA tools (ANSYS, ABAQUS) and hand calculations to validate designs
• Collaborate with design, materials and manufacturing to optimise performance
• Prepare and present technical documentation and stress reports for internal/external stakeholders (airworthiness authorities)
• Provide mentoring / knowledge sharing to colleagues

Key requirements

• Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with a focus on rotating machinery
• Experience with ANSYS Workbench and APDL
• Experience with meshing software (NX or HyperMesh)
• Experience with recognised FEA and fatigue software tools

• Strong communication to stakeholders
• Ability to work independently on technical tasks
• Mentoring and knowledge sharing
• FEA and stress analysis
• ANSYS Workbench
• APDL

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