Stress Analysis Specialist - Metallic Structures

Do you have extensive experience in stress analysis in the aerospace industry, have you worked in damage tolerance analysis and would you like to progress and develop new skills? Then this job is for you!

The A220 commercial aircraft Programme is looking for a Stress Analysis Specialist - Metallic Structures to join our In Service Engineering - Structures team based in Mirabel (Québec, Canada), where you will be answering complex challenges in a multifunctional context, using all possible options that are matching customer needs.

The In-Service structure Engineering department is in charge of providing efficient repair solutions to A220 customers.

You will be part of a team supporting the airline in-service fleet on repairs of aircraft structure and is responsible for justifications from a static stress point of view in a timely manner. As part of the Customer Service Team, you are performing complex static and damage tolerance analysis for metallic parts while working in close collaboration with design colleagues to provide repair solutions. Methods include the use of both classical hand calculations and computer techniques to develop efficient repair solutions to satisfy airworthiness requirements and customers (Airlines/Maintenance Overhaul and repair).

Your working environment:

The A220 commercial aircraft Programme is headquartered in Mirabel, in the greater Montreal area, where the vibrant city of Montreal is just a stone’s throw away. Known for its peaceful and safe environment, the region offers a high quality of life for younger or experienced professionals and families, perfectly balancing career opportunities and outdoor activities that makes it a truly special place to call home.

How we care for you:

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, annual bonus, group insurance plan, pension plan and share purchase plan.

• Work / Life Balance: A hybrid working policy (based on operational needs), on-site cafeterias and a highly competitive holiday policy.

• Wellbeing/Health: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Program, on-site Medical Service, access to a public shuttle service between Laval (Montmorency metro station) and Mirabel, and a carpooling application.

• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility

Your challenges:

• Be responsible for analyzing damage reports and approving repair solutions from a stress point of view, in accordance with relevant certification requirements of all components and/or assemblies of the A220 structures (the whole Airframe);

• Answering complex challenges in a multifunctional context, using all possible options that are matching customer needs;

• Work within a transnational community & extended team with the Toulouse and Australia sites, typically liaising with them on a daily basis;

• Interact with a multidisciplinary team in the development of structural repair solutions;

• Perform static strength and damage tolerance analysis for specific or generic structural metallic repairs in support to the A220 fleet;

• Support the completion of various A220 aircraft structural manuals, such as Aircraft Structural Repair Publication (ASRP) and Aircraft Maintenance Publication (AMP);

• Prepare or review stress analysis reports covering repairs or allowable damage limits to metallic structures;

• Present generic repair analyses to Transport Canada engineering team for concurrence;

• Ensuring the aircraft safety and airworthiness, reporting all unsafe conditions;

• Coordinating proposed repair solution with other A220 actors and considering the implications of Airworthiness regulations, Materials and Processes, Aerodynamic effects and any other function as required;

• Promoting and supporting continuous improvement and innovation initiatives of the Daily Repairs organisation through selected projects, providing added value to the aircraft operator;

• Delivering repair instructions in accordance with the relevant certification/airworthiness requirements and Airbus process and methods.

Your boarding pass:

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with a relevant experience of minimum eight (8) years in stress analysis in the aerospace industry;

• Good knowledge of aircraft metallic structure stress analysis (practical experience on A220 structures is an asset);

• Knowledge of damage tolerance analysis (experience with NASGRO is an asset);

• Knowledge in interrogating aircraft structure repair drawings (CATIA V5 is an asset);

• Good understanding of applicable airworthiness regulations (experience with Transport Canada is an asset);

• Knowledge of Customer Operations, product integrity/liability and maintenance operation is an asset;

• Dynamic person with initiative, a strong sense of responsibility and customer oriented;

• Organized, able to manage your time and prioritize tasks effectively, while working toward tight deadlines;

• Negotiation level in French and English is needed.

This role may involve some travel for business, as such you must be able and willing to travel accordingly.

We have several positions to fill with two (2) types of work schedules:

• Typical 8-hour shift, from Monday to Friday

• 5-5-4 shift pattern (rotating) schedule with 12 hours working days, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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Legal unit:

Airbus Canada Limited Partnership

Contract type:

Permanent

Experience level:

Professional

Job family:

Structures & Dynamic Sys Analysis <JF-EN-EN>

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About us

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defense and Helicopters divisions, Airbus is Europe's largest aerospace company and a global leader.

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international, with some 148,000 employees at 180 sites worldwide. The company has final assembly lines for aircraft and helicopters in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

In Canada, more than 4,500 people work at Airbus and its subsidiaries' ten sites and offices, including more than 4,000 in Quebec.

The main production sites are the headquarters of the A220 commercial aircraft program and Airbus Atlantic Canada, both located in Mirabel, Quebec. Other Airbus sites and subsidiaries are located in Ontario - Airbus Helicopters Canada in Fort Erie and NAVBLUE in Waterloo - Nova Scotia and Quebec.

A member of the Airbus family for more than five years, the A220, designed and assembled in Quebec and renowned for its exceptional performance and versatility, has become a preferred choice for airlines.