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L3Harris Technologies · 3 days ago

Lead, Aircraft Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer

Waco, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

9+ years exp

L3Harris Technologies is a leading company in the defense industry focused on delivering technology solutions for national security. They are seeking a Lead Aircraft Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer to perform structural analysis of aircraft modifications, ensuring airworthiness and developing tailored mission profiles for service life calculations.

CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Fatigue analysis of aircraft structures

Crack growth analysis of aircraft structures

Development of specific mission profiles and usage spectrum for modified aircraft

Determination of inspection intervals for delivered aircraft

Design support and drawing review

Ability to generate free body diagrams, determine reaction forces, calculate internal load distributions, local stress concentrations, and operational usage environments

Willingness and ability to travel as necessary

Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance

Must be able to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required

Willingness to mentor less experienced engineers

Effective and demonstrated leadership qualities

Qualification

Fatigue analysisCrack growth analysisStructural dynamics experienceAFGROWFEA toolsNondestructive InspectionLeadership qualitiesVerbal communicationWritten communicationMentoring

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience

Graduate Degree (MSME, MSAE) and a minimum of 7 years of prior aircraft structural dynamics related experience

In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience

Must be a US citizen

Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance

Must be able to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required

Willingness to mentor less experienced engineers

Effective and demonstrated leadership qualities

Preferred

Experience with predicting crack initiation lives and running industry-standard crack growth programs; e.g., AFGROW, NASGRO

Working knowledge of one programming language

Working knowledge of both military (Mil Standard) and civilian (14 CFRs) certification regulations and generating substantiation data to demonstrate compliance

Working knowledge on how to develop the Airworthiness Limitations section of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness for a structural modification

Experience with standard Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) methods and corresponding crack growth detectable flaw sizes

Experience with Dynamic Response Fatigue Analysis (High-Cycle Fatigue) due to high vibration environments and/or acoustic fatigue stresses

CAD or analysis (FEA) tools exposure, and/or experience in mechanical design or analysis structures and mechanisms

Familiarity with transducer instrumentation, data collection and or automation and software programming for numerical analysis

Proficient in Microsoft Office, and have general computer knowledge

Excellent verbal and written communication skills