Lead Engineer Fatigue & Damage Tolerance

• Lead Advanced Structural Analysis: Perform comprehensive fatigue and damage tolerance evaluations, including crack initiation and growth predictions using analytical methods and Finite Element Analysis tools
• Define Airworthiness & Maintenance Criteria: Establish damage tolerance philosophies, including allowable damage limits, inspection thresholds, and repeat intervals to ensure long-term structural integrity
• Oversee Structural Testing: Plan and analyze fatigue tests across all levels—from material coupons to full-scale aircraft components—validating theoretical models with real-world data
• Drive Cross-Functional Certification: Collaborate with Design, Materials, and Stress teams to integrate F&DT requirements into the design phase, ensuring full compliance with regulatory airworthiness standards
• Support Fleet In-Service Solutions: Investigate structural failures and anomalies to determine root causes, while developing and validating effective repair schemes and service bulletins
• Manage Technical Project Deliverables: Define technical scopes, workload sizing, and lead times, ensuring high-quality inputs and the mitigation of technical risks/opportunities
• Strategic Reporting & Governance: Present progress and technical findings in steering ceremonies, providing clear clarification of assumptions and interdependencies to stakeholders
• Continuous Innovation & Method Improvement: Stay at the forefront of industry advancements to improve internal analysis tools, structural health monitoring strategies, and airworthiness limitation frameworks
• Lead Engineers plan, structure, and deliver technical outputs for their area in Tim Cost and Quality. They guide colleagues and provide technical expertise, supported by senior team members

• Master's degree / Diploma in Engineering or similar qualifications
• Several years of experience in Fatigue & Damage Tolerance and associated Process, Methods & Tools
• Preferred experience in fuselage engineering development readiness to enter the path to receive a signature delegation (approver/authorizer) for F&DT fuselage perimeter
• Good communication skills and ability to work within an international team
• Experience in technically leading employees
• Fluency in English is mandatory, German is appreciated

German is appreciated

• Attractive salary and special payments
• 30 days paid vacation and extra days-off for special occasions
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects
• Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, transportation subsidy, employee benefits at cooperating companies
• On-site-facilities: Kindergarten close to the site, medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria
• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)
• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard