Design - Stress - MRB Engineer

Overview

Location:

United States, North Carolina, Kinston

Date:
Feb 05, 2026

Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at

• Notice:
  Know Your Rights:
  Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for Design, Stress & MRB Engineers to join our Engineering department based in Wichita, Kansas. You will be part of a team that supports the production concessions of aircraft structures and is responsible for the creation of quality solutions in a timely manner from a design point of view.

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.

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.

• 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.

• Determine design solutions for manufacturing non-conformities, airframe repairs and reworks, and modifications to the aircraft definition and assess design deviations or non-conformances for metallic, composite and hybrid structures.

• Perform design efforts and/or stress analysis for both metallic and non-metallic parts.

• Methods include the use of multiple applications to research aircraft configurations and develop efficient solutions to satisfy airworthiness requirements.

• Ensuring the safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance while adhering to the terms of Ensure appropriate Airbus methods, processes and procedures are followed. For Stress position, this includes performing stress calculations for structure to assess the design solution.

• Liaise with and support stakeholders such as Design, Stress, Manufacturing, Quality and other Airbus departments as necessary to come up with optimum solutions and ensure Stress requirements are fully integrated.

• Develop and maintain component / aircraft familiarity, to ensure prompt response to build.

• Develop towards and maintain Technical Signature Delegation for nonconformances and concessions for primary and secondary aircraft structures.

• Check and Approve / Pre-approve design solution or stress justification for non-conformity or modification of the concession.

• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Engineering (Aero, Civil, or Mechanical) with a strong curriculum emphasis on structural design and analysis, and/or mechanics of materials.

• Minimum 6 years total structure analysis experience in analysis of primary airframe structures. Structural design or analysis.

• Broad range of standard hand and computer methods. (e.g. ISAMI, GFEM, DFEM, CATIA, etc.)ion/MRB experience.

• Experience in composite aircraft structure (airframe)

• A strong computer background, including MS Office application experience (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google Suite application experience (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail).

• Authorized to Work in the US

• Prefer experience with Airbus commercial aircraft.

• Onsite or remote:
  Onsite 90%

• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.

• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings…