Experienced, project-oriented Airframe Stress Engineer Job in Linköping 58188, Östergötland Sweden
Your workplace
Aeronautics, a business area of Saab, offers advanced airborne systems, related subsystems, unmanned aerial systems, aerostructures and services to defence customers and commercial aerospace industries worldwide. Aeronautics is also responsible for development, production, marketing, selling and supporting of the Gripen fighter.
Your workplace
Saab Aeronautics, a business unit within Saab, provides aircraft-related systems, unmanned aircraft systems, aircraft structure and support to defense customers and civil aerospace industries worldwide. Aeronautics is also responsible for the development, production, marketing, sales and support of the JAS Gripen system.
Within Aeronautics there is a need to strengthen the capacity to participate in development projects for Aircraft systems and Research and Technology initiatives.
The Section of Military Airframe Stress Engineering is undergoing an intense phase of expansion and needs to be strengthened. The Section is part of the area Structural Technology and is responsible for the strength substantiation of the structure of our military aircrafts, primarily in terms of further development of JAS39 Gripen but also for example for the development of the UAV system Neuron. The work includes both static sizing and life-cycle design using a variety of both in-house and commercial tools.
Another central part of the sizing process is related to structural testing in order to verify the calculations and certify the aircraft structure or part of the structure.
Your role
As an Airframe Stress Engineer, you work in cross functional project teams together with functions from several different areas of expertise such as structural technology, design, production technology, systems and more. Together we define concepts and develop optimal airframe solutions in terms of technology, lead time and cost. The role includes static sizing, fatigue and damage tolerance analysis, from concept studies of design principles and materials to optimization of structural components.
Your qualifications
The applicant has several years of experience as a structural engineer in development projects and is driven and independent. Experience in leading technical work is meritorious. The applicant for the post has an M.Sc. degree with focus on strength, mechanical engineering, light weight structures, aeronautical engineering. Flexibility, analytical skills and an outgoing personality are qualities that are important for this service.
Contacts with customers, suppliers, research institutes and partners require a good ability to express him/herself spoken or written.
Good English language skills are a prerequisite.
Are you interested to develop together with accomplished employees in exciting projects? Then you're the right person and we'd like to get in touch with you.
Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to civil security. Saab has operations and employees on all continents and constantly develops, adopts and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing needs. Saab has about 13,000 employees. Annual sales are EUR 2,5 billion. Research and development corresponds to about 20 percent of annual sales.