In this role you will perform stress analyses for gas turbine components, using FEA and life assessment to support design and reliability. You will collaborate with global engineering teams and present results to stakeholders, contributing to component life and endurance studies. You’ll work with an OEM on challenging aerospace projects, shaping robust solutions and documenting findings to enable informed decisions. This position offers growth in a global, multidisciplinary aerospace environment with a focus on high-precision structural analysis.
Pay / Benefits
25 days paid annual leave plus bank holiday entitlements
Flexible hybrid working policy
Inclusive environment, socially active team
Modern office space, onsite canteen
Professional development and career opportunities
Responsibilities
Perform 2D/3D FEA including contact, friction interfaces and elastic–plastic behaviour
Ensure analysis meets technical, fit, form and functional requirements
Collaborate with life management, heat transfer, materials, and design teams
Interface with design engineering for robust and optimized solutions
Support technical reviews and deliver presentations to internal and external customers
Produce Design Study Summaries / Design Record Books to document activity
Contribute to component life assessment (fatigue, damage tolerance, fracture mechanics)
Provide input to component design and aftermarket services and repairs as needed
Key requirements
Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Aerospace/Aeronautical, or related engineering
Minimum 5 years’ experience in stress analysis
Strong knowledge of 2D/3D stress and structural analysis of gas turbine rotating and/or static components
Proficiency in finite element modelling tools: ANSYS Mechanical APDL / Workbench
Experience with meshing tools: Hypermesh, UG NX
Experience with CAD tools: UG NX
Understanding of non-linear analysis, frictional contact, elastic–plastic behaviour
Experience in component life analysis (fatigue, fracture mechanics, damage tolerance)
Familiarity with aftermarket services or repair engineering (advantageous)
Proficient in Windows-based applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
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