Principal Stress Engineer

A market leading Defence client of ours is currently looking for Stress Engineer to come on board and work on the Mechanical Design of the next generation of Electro-Optic & RF Products.

What you'll do as a Stress Engineer:

• Analyse and assess mechanical designs for strength, durability, performance and safety against regulatory and customer requirements using finite element techniques and classical hand calculations.
• Generate Finite Element Models and reports as per Leonardo UK requirements.
• Support the selection of manufacturing technologies and materials based on a sound understanding of material physical and mechanical properties and the mechanical fit, form and function of the product.
• Conduct structural and thermo-structural analyses of complex Products using Siemens NX.
• Advise/support on the development of mechanical structural designs to achieve the desired Product Requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislative, regulatory and contractual requirements (based on recognised military/civil standards).
• Point of contact for assigned projects, advising on all aspects of stress and structural dynamics throughout the product lifecycle.

Must Have's

• Application of a wide range of classical hand calculation techniques for static and dynamic loading conditions and fatigue assessment (Land, Naval or Airborne equipment).
• Experience of environmental test methods for design verification and working knowledge of design certification for land based and airborne equipment.
• Proven experience in the use of Finite Element Analysis software tools (preferably Siemens NX/Nastran) and techniques.

Please contact Lewis Dunn @ ARM for more information should you be interested - or (phone number removed)

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.