Stress Engineer Analyst

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Newport News, VA

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Temp-to-hire
From $55 an hour
1 day ago

Qualifications

Composite materials
Thermal analysis
Communication with suppliers
Structural engineering practices
Content creation for technical audiences
Document control experience within engineering industry
Configuration management
Fatigue analysis
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Quality control experience within aerospace industry
Compliance documentation
Solid mechanics
FEA
Productivity software
Regulatory compliance analysis
OEM
Technical writing experience within technology
Structural systems
Engineering quality assurance

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Stress Engineer Analyst

Location: Newport News, VA
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Pay: Starts at $55.00/hour, with higher pay available depending on experience.

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled Stress Engineer Analyst to support aircraft modification, repair, and certification projects. This position is responsible for performing structural analyses, developing engineering substantiation, and preparing technical documentation to ensure aircraft structures and mechanical systems meet applicable strength, fatigue, damage tolerance, stiffness, and airworthiness requirements.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to evaluate structural integrity, support certification efforts, and provide technical guidance throughout the design, manufacturing, testing, and installation process.

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.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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