Senior Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Wichita, Kansas or Mobile, Alabama; authorized to work in the US required. The role is onsite 90%.

Company

hirify.global develops and supports commercial aircraft and aerostructures across the full product lifecycle, from product development and manufacturing to airline customer support.

What you will do

• Perform complex fatigue and damage tolerance analyses to verify structural integrity requirements for aircraft structures.
• Analyze metallic airframe parts using classical hand calculations and numerical finite element methods.
• Support detail part sizing, layout maturation, trade studies, weight reduction, certification activities, and in-service support.
• Document analyses for trade studies and detail drawing sign-off.
• Collaborate with Design, Static Stress, and other engineering departments to develop optimized structural solutions.
• Lead technical projects, customer-focused activities, presentations, and mentoring for less experienced structural analysts.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum nine years of airframe structures analysis experience, including fatigue and/or damage tolerance.
• In-depth knowledge of classical and numerical finite element stress analysis methods.
• Experience working independently and collaboratively, leading technical teams, resolving engineering problems, and presenting technical material.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Excel and Google Workspace applications.
• Effective written and verbal English communication and current US work authorization required.

Nice to have

• Experience with metallic and composite airframe design, stress analysis, SRM, MRB, FAR/JAR/CS/Part 21, and certification.
• Experience with CATIA, NASTRAN, and PATRAN.
• Ability to obtain Authorizer Technical Signatory and experience using Approver Signatory authority.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with complex aircraft structures throughout the product lifecycle.
• Competitive base salary, incentive compensation, retirement savings plan, and potential participation in an ESOP.
• Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, and employee assistance coverage.
• Access to leadership development, certifications, career-path programs, and more than 10,000 e-learning courses.
• Travel independently and at short notice as required.