Stress & Thermal Engineer

Job description

Airbus Defence & Space Portsmouth (ex Astrium SL)

Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military.

The new division is Europe's number one defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues of approximately €14 billion per year.

Airbus Group is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2014, the Group - comprising Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters - generated revenues of € 60.7 billion and employed a workforce of around 138,600.

Description of the job

Airbus Defence and Space Portsmouth is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced and complex satellite payload networks and equipment. The Stress and Thermal Group is part of the Mechanical Design Office and has responsibility for proving the flight worthiness of all equipment produced by the MDO. We are a friendly, supportive group of about twenty engineers with a good range of backgrounds and experience.
Role Description

The role is for an engineer to perform the stress and thermal analysis on telecoms satellite payloads. This will primarily involve the mechanical analysis of complex waveguide networks and discrete electronic payload devices.

An example of a job in 'Structures, Mechanical & Dynamic Systems' within Airbus Group

Tasks & accountabilities

· The candidate should be experienced in the use of FEA using Nastran for random vibration analysis, as well as linear static and thermoelastic analysis.
· You will be expected to become the Analysis Team Lead, work closely with the CAD Design and Project design teams, and lead a small team of subcontract stress analysts on major projects.
· Other responsibilities include being the signatory for the mechanical analysis aspects of waveguide and equipment design, which will take the form of electronic signoff and written report.
· You will be required to meet project design release targets and expected to contribute to process improvement initiatives.

Desired profile

Required skills

Mandatory Skills:

Proven experience of working in a similar role within an aerospace / high tech/quality environment
Proven experience with FEA analysis using NASTRAN
Proven experience with dynamic / vibration analysis
Knowledge of Thermal analysis
Proven experience using manual and automated meshing techniques

Desirable:

Some programming experience is an advantage (eg VBA, Python etc)
This role will involve some travel for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly