Stress Analysis Specialist - Metallic Structures

Job Description

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? The A220 commercial aircraft Programme is looking for a candidate to join our In Service Engineering - Structures team based in Mirabel (Québec, Canada), where you will address complex challenges in a multifunctional context using options that meet customer needs. The In-Service Structure Engineering department provides efficient repair solutions to A220 customers. You will be part of a team supporting the in-service airline fleet on structural repairs and will be responsible for timely justifications from a static stress perspective.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse damage reports and approve repair solutions from a stress perspective, in accordance with relevant certification requirements for all A220 structure components and assemblies.
• Answer complex challenges in a multifunctional context using all options that match customer needs.
• Work within a transnational community and extended team with the Toulouse and Australia sites, typically liaising with them daily.
• Interact with a multidisciplinary team to develop structural repair solutions.
• Perform static strength and damage tolerance analysis for specific or generic metallic structural repairs in support of the A220 fleet.
• Support completion of A220 structural manuals such as the 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 regulatory engineering teams (e.g. Transport Canada) for concurrence.
• Ensure aircraft safety and airworthiness and report unsafe conditions.
• Coordinate proposed repair solutions with other A220 stakeholders, considering airworthiness regulations, materials and processes, aerodynamic effects and other relevant functions.
• Promote and support continuous improvement and innovation initiatives within the Daily Repairs organisation.
• Deliver repair instructions in accordance with certification/airworthiness requirements and Airbus processes and methods.
• Maintain awareness of potential compliance risks and act with integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with a minimum of eight (8) years relevant experience in stress analysis within 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).
• Ability to interrogate 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 operations is an asset.
• Dynamic, proactive individual with a strong sense of responsibility and customer orientation.
• Organised, able to manage time and prioritise effectively under tight deadlines.
• Negotiation level in French and English is required.
• Willingness to travel for business purposes.

Benefits

• Financial rewards: attractive salary, annual bonus, group insurance plan, pension plan and share purchase plan.
• Work / Life Balance: hybrid working policy (based on operational needs), on-site cafeterias and a competitive holiday policy.
• Wellbeing/Health: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discount programme, on-site medical service, access to a public shuttle between Laval and Mirabel, and a carpooling application.
• Individual development: extensive upskilling and development opportunities with access to over 10,000 e-learning courses, certifications, accelerated development programmes and national/international mobility.

Work Hours

• Typical: 8‑hour shift, Monday to Friday.
• Rotating: 5‑5‑4 shift pattern with 12‑hour working days (6:00am to 6:00pm).