FDT Contract Engineer 5

Job Description :

Degree in engineering or related curriculum applicable to the respective job position required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

yrs specific technical discipline or 15 yrs broad eng experience in several technical disciplines with Bachelors.

credit considered for related adv degrees limited to 2 yrs for Masters and 4 yrs for PhD in fields applicable to this job.

Position Purpose :

Works on engineering projects containing critical problems, the solution of which requires major technological advances and extensive related development.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities :

Essential Functions :

for an entire engineering project of major complexity within the established scope.

technical decisions and recommendations that are recognized as authoritative and have an important impact on extensive engineering activities.

advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts based on broad expertise or unique specialized knowledge.

the development of innovative principles and ideas.

independently to determine improved methods and / or procedures to optimize technical product, cost, and schedule requirements.

under consultative direction; uses independent judgment to accomplish objectives.

standards and guides for diverse engineering activities.

and plans investigation of broad areas of importance for which engineering precedents are lacking in areas critical to the program.

other duties as assigned.

Additional Information :

Fatigue and Damage tolerance experience required on primary and secondary airframe metallic structure.

Strong background in :

• Classic Stress Analysis
• Splice Analysis
• Fatigue Spectrum Development / Generation
• Kt evaluation
• Fatigue Analysis
• Damage Tolerance Analysis

Experience with SmarTeam & Catia V5 to support stress analysis and drawing release.

Ability to write and review technical documents and reports.

Experience with GAC F&DT methods and tools is preferred. Experience with Patran / Nastran, Abaqus, StressCheck is preferred.

Experience with VBA & Python is preferred.

Testing experience including correlation of test results to analysis, determining root cause of any failures, and identifying required corrective action, is preferred.