F&DT Engineer (Contract)

Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States; onsite at least 90% of the time at the Wichita Engineering office

Company

hirify.global develops and supports commercial aircraft and provides engineering services throughout the aircraft life cycle, including direct support for airline customers.

What you will do

• Perform fatigue and damage-tolerance analysis for metallic aircraft structures using hand calculations and computer-based techniques.
• Review aircraft structure damage reports from Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul organizations and develop repair solutions.
• Create and modify technical communications, technical dispositions, repair instructions, and repair drawings.
• Coordinate repair requirements with Static Stress, Design, customers, suppliers, airlines, and MRO organizations.
• Prepare engineering documentation using hirify.global toolsets, including SAP and AirDoc.
• Plan, monitor, and execute repair activities while supporting process, method, and tool improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering.
• Approximately 9 years of engineering experience in an airline, OEM, or MRO environment, preferably involving aircraft structures, fatigue, materials, and structural repairs.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, technical documentation, and manuals such as SRM, SB, and IPC.
• Knowledge of aircraft maintenance repair practices, equipment, and working methods.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for collaboration with international teams, customers, and business partners.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and work onsite in Wichita at least 90% of the time.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary engineering team supporting airline customers.
• Exposure to complex aircraft throughout product development, manufacturing, and in-service support.
• Travel independently and at short notice approximately 10% of the time.
• Use of required personal protective equipment when visiting production or customer sites.
• Temporary contract assignment through a third-party vendor; the assignment has no fixed duration and may be extended or shortened as needed.