(CONTRACT) Loads Professional Engineering - Wichita

Description:
What are your contributions to the team?

- Perform analyses and simulations to compute aircraft design loads, in support of new aircraft design studies and continued airworthiness of in-service aircraft
- Use a large range of commercial and in-house tools, including a six-degree of freedom aircraft simulator
- Use engineering judgment to perform Verification and Validation of analysis results
- Prepare and maintain finite element model for loads analysis
- Support and interact with other engineering disciplines such as Flight Characteristics, Structures, Mass Properties, Systems, Fly-By-Wire, Landing Gear and Flight Test
- Support aircraft landing gear development, analysis and test
- Support flight testing and post-process results
- Support in-service engineering to return aircraft to service
- Document analyses and findings in engineering certification reports and presentations (English)

How to thrive in this role?

- You have a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering. A higher education would be an asset
- You have at least 8 years of experience in external loads analyses in the aerospace industry
- You have a good understanding of the FAR 25 certification requirements
- You have a strong background in static and dynamic aeroelastic loads analyses
- You can develop FEM models, compute airframe design loads and component design loads (high lift and control surface) or perform flutter and Aeroservoelastic analysis
- You have previous experience using Nastran for Dynamic/Aeroelastic analysis; DMAP is an asset
- You have a good understanding of FEM, unsteady aerodynamics, and frequency-based data analysis

- You have advanced programming knowledge in Matlab, Python, Fortran, C/C++, and Linux/Windows scripting
- You have good organizational skills in planning work activities and complete tasks within budget and on schedule
- You have good analytical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills (both written and verbal) and ability to work under pressure
 
Job Number: 109949
Job Location: Wichita, KS
Rate: Hourly
Per Diem: Possible
Overtime: Possible
Duration: LT
Start Date: ASAP
Input Date: 10/30/2025
Firm Name: NORTHERN AEROSPACE
Attention: Anna Stoskopf
Address: 151 N MAIN ST STE 600
City, State: WICHITA, KS 67202
Phone: 316/202-5261
Email: anna.stoskopf@northern-aero.com
Website: www.northern-aero.com
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