Stress Engineer

Description

Stress Engineer

Full time

Derby, Bristol or Inchinnan Hybrid (3 days/week in the office)

Why Rolls- Royce?

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Stress Engineer to join our Critical Parts Lifing (CPL) team in Derby. Other locations – Bristol or Inchinnan will be considered as well.

Our team performs structural mechanical integrity and lifing calculations for critical parts of Trent XWB, Trent 1000 and Trent 7000 engines.

In this role, you will be responsible for the structural analysis of a variety of Critical Part components. These include fan discs, compressor discs, blisks & drums, turbine discs & cover plates as well as mainline shafts and stub-shafts. The components are subject to some of the most severe and complex loading and temperature conditions temperature found in the aviation industry and any engineering field, and they are designed and analysed with high fidelity against aviation authorities certification safe life requirements.

We deliver the best jet engines in the world. We’re proud to be part of the pathway to net zero as we power society for generations to come.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

Work at Rolls-Royce in a highly technical, engineering environment, joining a world-class team of aviation engineers.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

You will be responsible for structural analysis to ensure mechanical Integrity and lifing of a range of critical components. You will:

Conduct mechanical integrity, stress and lifing assessments using finite element analysis and other numerical models.

Specify and conduct mechanical experiments, for the purpose of underwriting designs, and validating analytical or empirical models.

Identify root cause and resolve problems through evaluative judgements and analysis.

Deliver against programme milestones within agreed cost, timescale and quality requirements.

Be a point of contact between the mechanical integrity discipline and other functions and customers.

Work with other areas including Component Design teams, Design Integration teams, Engine Project teams, Engine Development teams, Services & Life Cycle Engineering teams, Materials teams, Manufacturing teams and Repair & Overhaul teams.

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles and for this role in particular we are looking for :

A Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering, Materials Technology, Mathematics, Physics or a similar discipline. Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.

Motivated person, enthusiastic to work in highly technical and challenging aerospace engineering environment.

Knowledge and/or experience in Critical Part component lifing methods and analyses such LCF, HCF, damage tolerant/crack propagation (deterministic & probabilistic), corrosion, rotor integrity (disc burst, rim peel & blade release).

Proficient in the use of 2D & 3D finite element stress analysis tools (such as SC03/ ABAQUS/ ANSYS/ NASTRAN/ NX/ Hypermesh) – in elastic, inelastic, thermal-mechanical, contact and frictional assessments.

Knowledge and experience of product integrity, liability and aerospace certification frameworks preferred.

Good technical knowledge in mechanical design methodologies and understanding of cross-discipline engineering concepts.

We look forward to receiving your application. If you are a less experienced professional/ just starting your engineering career, we encourage you to attach a cover letter.

Join us & Make an impact

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

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