Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Repair Engineer

Overview

In this role you drive fatigue and damage tolerance analyses to validate and justify wing repair designs, collaborating with Design and Static Stress engineers. You’ll support both minor repairs and major work packages, aligning with cross-functional teams to ensure airworthiness. You’ll influence external suppliers and seek robust technical solutions while developing towards signature delegation. This is a hands-on, impact-focused position within Airbus’ FDT discipline, emphasizing technical integrity and timely delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Lead F&DT analyses and prepare justification reports for repair designs
• Collaborate with Design and Static Stress engineers to optimise repairs
• Support major work packages and complex incident response with cross-functional teams
• Provide expertise to other structures repair teams (Fuselage, Empennage, High-Lift devices) as needed
• Guide subcontractors and manage external work packages
• Develop towards signature delegation and technical authority
• Ensure compliance with airworthiness standards during analyses and reporting

Key requirements

• Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent) and relevant professional experience
• Proven background in aerospace F&DT engineering
• Hands-on F&DT analysis using ISAMI and GISEH; producing Technical Dossiers/Reports
• Solid grasp of F&DT for metallic and composite structures
• Understanding of fatigue and damage tolerance methods and their development
• Knowledge of Airworthiness regulations

• Collaborative mindset
• Pragmatic problem-solver
• Strong organizational skills
• ISAMI
• GISEH
• F&DT analysis for metallic and composite structures

…