Project Role :Engineering Services Practitioner
Project Role Description :
Assist with end-to-end engineering services to develop technical engineering solutions to solve problems and achieve business objectives. Solve engineering problems and achieve business objectives using scientific, socio-economic, technical knowledge and practical experience. Work across structural and stress design, qualification, configuration and technical management.
Must have skills :Aircraft Structural Analysis
Good to have skills :NA
Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification :15 years full time education
Summary:
As a Mechanical Engineering Practitioner, you will design, analyze, and build structures, machines, devices, systems, and mechanical processes. A strategic aerospace engineering leader specializing in rotary wing platforms, with a strong track record in driving technical delivery, innovation, and client satisfaction. Experienced in shaping engineering processes, delivery governance, and team capability development. Proven ability to influence design and compliance strategies through direct engagement with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and regulatory bodies. Passionate about digital transformation, with a focus on advancing MBSE, MBD, and digital continuity across the product lifecycle.
Roles & Responsibilities:
You will join the Aerostructure Engineering team, contributing across the full engineering lifecyclefrom initial concept and design through certification and build line supportcovering end-to-end (E2E) responsibilities.
Key responsibilities include the design and development of primary and secondary structural components (both metallic and composite materials), assemblies, and system installations for a range of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft platforms. Design and develop primary and secondary structural componentsboth metallic and compositefor rotary-wing aircraft, ensuring compliance with airworthiness regulations, structural integrity requirements, and OEM-specific design standards.
Understand the meshing and analysis guidelines for static, dynamic and impact analysis and ensure the FE models created by team are complied to the guidelines and are of high quality. Ensure that the V&V documents capture the required checks for the FE models. Also ensure the physics of the problem is correctly simulated in the FE models and if required use your expertise and guidance to align with the requirements. Ensure alignment and compliance to the client specific and regulatory guidelines as per FAR 27/29CS/JAR/Military MIL-STD-1530 etc Enable team engagements and knowledge sharing for distributed teams across the programs and locations. Validate the design of structural through Classical and FE Analysis, and assist in detailed load path analysis, optimal material selection based on Analysis results and operational design environmental conditions. Owning optimum design by static stress analysis Dynamic analysis and impact analysis evaluation of multiple structural design concepts through detailed trade-off analyses.
Develop 3D and 2D FE models using specified software, adhering to industry and customer-specific modelling and analysis standards and guidelines. Perform weight estimation, its tracking, and control across all design phases, ensuring alignment with weight budgets and performance criteria. Technically lead and guide the team for mitigating the low RF Low life and performance non-compliance issues.
Create the test FE models incorporating the failure, features and boundary conditions as per standard procedure and test fixture. Creating the method register, Method document, check lists and report templates in compliance with regulatory and client specific requirements. Front end and act as the technical interface with the client, ensuring alignment on deviations and processes, methods, inputs, overall objectives and deliverables. Interact with clients on a regular basis to track and classify the issues and ensure timely resolution of the issues as per SLA. Assist in during customer technical audits, program quality gate reviews, and change control reviews. Support and mentor junior team members by providing technical guidance, sharing best practices, and fostering their growth in design methodologies, tools, and domain knowledge. Actively contributes to skill development, knowledge transfer, and team capability building through hands-on support and constructive feedback.
Professional & Technical Skills:
Expertise in the design/development and integration of metallic, sheet metal, and composite helicopter aircraft structures for both primary and secondary components from Static point of view. Experience of static dynamic and impact analysis for sizing of large, fixed wing or rotary wing aircraft. Experience in weight optimization techniques, load path optimization for helicopter/aircraft certification and testing activities. Any experience in process automation using MS excel VBA/Python etc Strong knowledge of airworthiness compliance regulations (e.g., CS-27/29, FAR 23/25), OEM design standards, and FAA/EASA certification processes.
Experience in preparation of full scale and component level certification test plan, test orders, test load derivation and test to analysis correlation reports for component level for fixed wing or rotary wing aircrafts.
Certification testing and test correlation, life extension and fatigue resistant structure design. Familiarity with GD & T and drawing standards. Proficiency over the structural static dynamic and impact analysis tools like general MSC NASTRAN/PATRAN/ABAQUS/ HyperMesh/ OptistructLS DYANA is must, Automation experience using Excel MACROS & VBA Python and Catia V5 is a plus. FEA considerations and meshing requirements for different types of structural analyses like static, dynamic, buckling and impact analyses. End to end validation, certification compliance, manufacturing support and certification test & test correlation activities specifically for rotary wing aircraft helicopter. High level skills and experience in the 2D/3D mesh creation and meshing guidelines, FE Modelling, and Assembly integration methodologies.
Experience of aerospace material selection, structural feature simulation, analyses and meshing guidelines and procedures. Capability to solve day to day analysis problem in Analysis and post processing of Analysis results. Sound knowledge of helicopter/aircraft load-bearing structures, with focus on structural integrity, stiffness, and load path optimization under both static, dynamic, and impact conditions. Familiarity with Fatigue requirement is plus. High experience aligned with the rotary wing or fixed wing structural arrangement, primary, secondary and support structures, load path, sizing procedures for metallic and composite structures. Strong awareness of static dynamic and impact strength justification analyses and failure modes relevant to metallic and composite airframe components. Introductory knowledge about the analysis considerations for the any of the Innovative design and functional considerations like telescopic structures, foldability swivel and reversal of structure. Expertise for structural sizing of aerospace and rotary wing aircraft structural parts meeting certification, testing and manufacturability requirements. Familiar with structural analysis considerations related to assembly line constraints, ergonomic considerations, and sequence planning to ensure seamless integration in high-rate production environments.
Additional Information:-
The candidate should have a 8 to 9 years of practical experience static analysis/Dynamic analysis/ Impact Analysis in the Aerostructures domain, preferably with exposure to rotary-wing aircraft platforms and full design cycle involvement. - This position is based at client location Bengaluru and 6 days a workweek requiring 8 working hours per day.- A B Tech/M Tech in Aerospace, Aeronautical, or Mechanical Engineering is required
