Responsibilities
- Oversee fatigue and damage tolerance validation for primary aircraft structures
- Create fatigue and damage tolerance methods, certification strategies, and compliance plans for aircraft certification initiatives
- Conduct fatigue life evaluations using analytical and numerical techniques
- Perform crack initiation, crack propagation, and residual strength analyses based on fracture mechanics and standard tools like NASGRO
- Assist structural design by pinpointing fatigue-sensitive areas and suggesting design enhancements
- Design structural fatigue and durability test programs, covering coupon, element, subcomponent, and full-scale test approaches
- Write fatigue and damage tolerance test plans, reports, and certification documentation
- Establish inspection intervals, structural upkeep needs, and continued airworthiness programs from damage tolerance evaluations
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Healthcare benefits
- 401(k) plan with a company match
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Life insurance
Compensation
Not specified
Work Arrangement
On-site — Santa Cruz, CA
