Airbus Americas, Inc. is hiring a contract F&DT Engineer to support the in-service fleet with structural repairs. You will be responsible for providing quality justifications from a fatigue and damage tolerance perspective, working within a collaborative engineering environment focused on aircraft lifecycle support.
What You'll Do
- Support the airline in-service fleet on repairs of aircraft structure.
- Provide quality justifications from a fatigue and damage tolerance point of view in a timely manner.
- Perform complex F&DT analysis for metallic parts.
- Work in close collaboration with design and static stress colleagues to provide repair solutions.
- Use classical hand calculations and computer techniques to develop efficient repair solutions.
- Be a supportive team player within the In-Service Daily Repair and/or Major Repair teams.
- Learn and support simple to routine repair tasks.
- Review and interpret damage reports of aircraft structures from the Maintenance Repair Organization.
- Develop quality repair solutions with little support.
- Create or modify technical documents such as Technical Communications, Technical Dispositions, Repair Instructions, Repair Drawings.
- Work within various Airbus computer based applications with high quality and efficiency.
- Understand the priorities of assignments and how this affects workflow.
- Interface repair requirements with customers and suppliers with a professional attitude.
- Liaise with Static Stress, Design and other appropriate Airbus departments to come up with optimum repair solutions.
- Assist with preparation of various documents using Airbus computer based toolsets (SAP, AirDoc, etc.).
- Be a member of an integrated engineering team, ensuring its strategy, policy and direction is maintained.
- Provide responses to simple to routine repair queries by giving guidance as required.
- Ensure all tasks and activities are correctly planned, monitored and executed to achieve customer time scales.
- Identify and support local improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor Science/Engineering (BSc/BEng) degree.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, technical documentation / manuals (SRM, SB, IPC…).
- Knowledge of maintenance repair practices, equipment and ways of working.
- Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing to team and business partners worldwide.
- Ability to take initiative, proven high motivation and flexibility to work in a highly demanding environment.
- Professional interpersonal skills, ability to work with multidisciplinary teams in a collaborative team environment with a diverse international workforce.
- Authorized to Work in the US.
Nice to Have
- 9 years Engineering experience in an airline/OEM/MRO environment preferred, with knowledge of aircraft structure (design, fatigue, materials…) and structural repairs, or mechanical.
- Airline or Maintenance and Repair Organization (MRO) experience is highly regarded.
Technical Stack
- Classical hand calculations
- Computer techniques
- SAP
- AirDoc
Team & Environment
You will join an integrated engineering team within In-Service Daily Repair and/or Major Repair teams.
Work Mode
This role is onsite at the Wichita Engineering office.
Airbus provides equal opportunities to all individuals seeking assignment with Airbus without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status.
