Producibility Stress Engineer Lead | Derby/ Bristol

Overview

As a Technology Lead in aero engine stress analysis, you guide a team of stress engineers to deliver high-quality, safe, and cost-conscious solutions. You will interact with stakeholders and oversee high-level stress tasks, mentoring and aligning delivery with customer requirements. The role sits within a culture that values collaboration, continuous improvement, and ownership, contributing to complex turbomachinery projects. This is a hands-on leadership role that shapes technical delivery in a global digital services context.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive compensation including bonus

Responsibilities

• Interface with key stakeholders including Stress Specialists
• Lead and develop a team of Stress engineers to ensure quality, safety, cost, and schedule
• Drive technical delivery excellence and cross-functional collaboration
• Mentor engineers and manage priorities; govern stakeholder expectations
• Deliver high-quality outputs with peer reviews to meet customer requirements
• Steer high-level Stress Analysis tasks and support design and analysis activities
• Participate in DOE, RCA and field failure analysis as needed
• Support delivery culture of ownership and continuous improvement

Key requirements

• Extensive experience with turbomachinery components (gas turbine) in power or aviation
• Knowledge of aero engine modules (Rotatives, Compressors, Turbines, Combustors, Structures & Casings)
• Hands-on structural stress and vibration analysis of aero engine components (rotors, stators, bladed disks, structures)
• 2D/3D stress and vibration analysis using FEA tools (ANSYS Classic/Workbench, Abaqus, SC03)
• Knowledge of LCF, HCF and weld fatigue analysis
• Experience with DOE, RCA and field failure analysis
• Experience in Damage Tolerance Analysis and Fracture mechanics

• High analytical skills
• Initiative and flexibility
• Customer orientation
• SC03
• ANSYS Classic/Workbench
• Abaqus

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