Stress Engineer - Stress and Systems Analysis

Stress Engineer - Stress & Structural Analysis

Location: Boscombe Down

Contract length: 12 months

Pay rate: £60 - £80 p/h - inside IR35 and via Umbrella

SC Clearance/ eligibility is required for this position

Joining a team that's right at the heart of aircraft modification and trials, this is a chance to help turn complex structural challenges into certifiable, customer-ready designs. Our client supports growth across both military and civil programmes-so there's real momentum, and your expertise will genuinely matter.

• Deliver technical assessments for flight trials, product development, research activities and other projects
• Perform static strength, vibration, fatigue & damage tolerance analysis for airframe modifications and installations
• Use classical hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis to verify designs against regulatory expectations
• Devise and conduct structural tests (e.g. static strength and modal testing) to demonstrate compliance or validate analyses
• Produce formal calculations and supporting documentation with clear traceability to source data
• Support aircraft surveys and tests through Stress Office and AEC processes to certify designs to regulatory specifications
• Check calculations and drawings, contribute to design reviews, and present findings and recommendations
• Mentor junior engineers and help improve methods and team processes

• Strong experience working on aerospace products and/or aircraft modifications
• Expertise in stress/structural analysis for primary and secondary structures, using both hand calculations and FEM
• Confident use of FEM tools such as FEMAP/NX Nastran, Hyperworks, and Abaqus
• Experience with fatigue & damage tolerance analysis, including both metallic and composite structures
• Ability to document high-quality stress calculations and reports using tools such as Math Cad / PTC Prime, Microsoft Word and Excel
• A bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

• Experience as a Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) for a CAA/EASA 21J and/or MAA DAOS organisation is desirable but not essential
• Knowledge of Defence Standard 00-970 is desirable
• Opportunities to work across other domains may arise, including review of structures documents and weapons R&D

If you're motivated by technical depth, collaborative engineering and making sure designs stand up to real-world scrutiny, we'd love to hear from you.