Aircraft Structural Analysis Engineer Durability & Damage

PGS Worldwide is seeking an Aircraft Structural Analysis Engineer – Durability & Damage Tolerance in Fort Worth, Texas for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will perform durability, fatigue, fracture mechanics, and damage-tolerance analysis supporting aircraft structural integrity and service-life management.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of Material Review Board (MRB), structural stress, fatigue, durability, or damage-tolerance analysis experience.
• 5+ years of airframe structural stress and/or fatigue analysis experience.
• Experience performing crack growth, fracture mechanics, and damage-tolerance analysis.
• Strong knowledge of aircraft structural load paths and structural behavior.
• Experience interpreting aircraft engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of material properties and aircraft manufacturing processes.
• Experience with Navy and/or Air Force service-life analysis criteria.
• Knowledge of aircraft structural maintenance requirements.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

What You’ll Do

• Perform Durability and Damage Tolerance (DaDT) and fatigue analyses on aircraft structures.
• Conduct structural sizing and strength assessments for primary and secondary aircraft structure.
• Use crack-initiation and crack-growth analysis tools to support design evaluations and MRB activity.
• Review engineering drawings and prepare structural-analysis reports.
• Support disposition of structural discrepancies and nonconformances.
• Develop force-management source data supporting safe airframe operation.
• Develop and implement Force Structural Maintenance Plans (FSMPs).
• Support Individual Aircraft Tracking (IAT) and other service-life management activities.

Pay

• Up to $120.00 per hour.

Job ID: 23075

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.