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 :Fatigue & Damage Tolerance F&DT
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. Execution of comprehensive fatigue and damage tolerance analysis for metallic and composite structural parts related to design and development of rotary wing aircrafts primary and secondary structures. Provide execution insight and facilitate the team with interpretation of static analysis results for defining the fatigue critical location, number of calculation points, fatigue sensitive area, primary and secondary load path identification, design philosophy identification, scatter factor selection in alignment with client and regulatory guidelines FAR/CS 25.571, 29.571, MIL-STD-1530 etc. Understand the meshing and analysis guidelines for static and fatigue analysis and ensure the FE models created by team for F&DT justifications are compiled 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 specific considerations for the fatigue evaluation is correctly captured and simulated in the FE models and if required use your expertise and guidance to align with the requirements. Develop 3D and 2D FE models using specified software, adhering to industry and customer-specific modelling and analysis standards and guidelines. Identify the fatigue critical locations based on highly stressed areas from static analysis results, safety critical parts and the standard features which irrespective of stress value need to be checked. Down select the number of calculation points and align with the client on this. Decision basis for selection of reliable concepts out of multiple concepts based on the static and F&DT justification validations and compliance including future operational and maintenance and repair considerations. Enable F&DT team with expertise for generation of fatigue test plan (full scale and component level test), interpretation of test results and correlation with analysis in the test report. Review the outputs. Level II checker approver signatory for F&DT analysis certification reports, F&DT test plan, test orders and F&DT test reports. Enable team engagements and knowledge sharing for distributed teams across the programs and locations. Technically lead and guide the team for mitigating the low fatigue and crack growth life and F&DT performance non-compliance issues based on your expertise and experience. Align these methods with clients and document it as reference documents. Incorporate features and design aspects covering the downstream manufacturing and inspection processes, accessibility and in-service replacement/repair. Technically lead for aligning customer expectations with engineering deliverables and strategic goals. Collaborate and lead cross-functionally with design manufacturing quality, and systems teams. Technical interface with the client, ensuring timely issue resolutions, aligning design mitigations and any deviations needed w.r.t processes, methods, inputs, and deliverables. Professional & Technical Skills:Expertise and work experience in the design/development and integration of metallic, sheet metal, and composite helicopter aircraft structures for both primary and secondary components from F&DT point of view. Experience of implementing the weight optimization techniques, load path optimization, fatigue and damage tolerance analysis for helicopter/aircraft certification and testing activities. 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 F&DT test plan, test orders, test load derivation and test to analysis correlation reports for component level and full-scale structural tests for rotary wing aircrafts. Exposure to certification testing and test correlation, life extension and fatigue resistant structure design. Familiarity with drawing standards. Any experience in process automation using MS excel VBA/Python etc Proficient in FEA and F&DT tools is essential with experience in NASGRO FRANC 3D MSC FATIGUE, MSC NASTRAN/PATRAN, HyperMesh/Optistrucut. or similar tools is a strong plus. Automation experience using Excel MACROS & VBA Python and CATIA V5 is a plus. Proven experience for structural sizing of aerospace and rotary wing aircraft structural parts meeting certification, testing and manufacturability requirements. Working experience related to aircraft materials, fatigue phenomenon, fracture mechanics concepts, fatigue spectrum derivation, probabilistic fatigue and crack growth assessments. Sound knowledge of primary and secondary load paths, structural classification and their relevance for the F&DT justification. Expertise in structural classification, related F&DT compliance, calculation points and their down selection, selection of scatter factors. Deep knowledge of FEA considerations and their incorporation in the meshing requirements for F&DT Analysis. Experience in end-to-end concept to design validation, manufacturability, certification and F&DT certification test and test correlation activities for preferably rotary wing aircraft helicopter certification. In-depth understanding of helicopter/aircraft load-bearing structures, structural response with focus on structural integrity, stiffness, and load path optimization under both static and Fatigue conditions. Knowledge of failure modes relevant to metallic and composite airframe components. Experience for low cycles and high cycle fatigue analysis for fixed wing or rotary wing aircrafts. Exposure to functional considerations like telescopic, foldability swivel and reversal of structure. Any specialization/certification in F&DT/Fracture mechanics/fatigue life extension etc will be a plus. Additional Information:- The candidate should have 9 to 12 years of practical experience in the Aerostructures fatigue and damage tolerance analysis 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
