Company : Safran Seats Job field : Mechanics Location : Cwmbran , Wales , United Kingdom Contract type : Permanent Contract duration : Full-time Professional status : Professional, Engineer & Manager

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Stress Engineers – all levels (Engineer, Senior, Lead)
Cwmbran – Safran Seats
Hybrid – 3 days on site

Skills: Static Simulation, Hand Calculations, Certification, Altair, Radioss, HyperCrash, HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct, Nastran, SimSolid, MotionSolve, Linear, Non-Linear, Dynamic, Multi-Body, FEA, Finite Element, Structural, FEM, MBD, Part21

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you—both in and out of work, including:

• Early finish on Fridays
• Competitive salary and annual bonus and pay review
• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays (option to buy/sell)
• Strong Pension scheme and life assurance
• Professional development, ongoing training, mentoring
• Onsite amenities: parking, restaurant, bicycle storage, showers
• Family-friendly and accessible workplace policies

Safran – Here, we craft excellence together.
At Safran, excellence is a journey – and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision
We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Stress team across all levels from Stress Engineers, through Senior Stress Engineers to Lead Engineers at our Cwmbran site in South Wales.

Your Role

By joining the Stress Engineering team at Safran Seats you will be joining at team with real, fast paced development, for both you and the products and projects you will be working on. Unlike some roles across Aerospace, at Safran Seats you will see your designs and projects become reality as the project lifecycle of First and Business Class aircraft seating is constantly developed and refreshed. This is because we work directly with the Airlines to bring cutting edge, state of the art aircraft interiors to life. You will be using your Engineering core skills daily, from hand calculations to building and running FEA models of design iterations to prove and certify these impressive products. As we have roles at multiple levels don't be put off if you don't tick every box, for Senior and Lead roles we would be looking for Dynamic simulation skills but if you just have experience in Static simulation we still have roles for you.

What You'll Bring
Essential

• Engineering qualifications which provide you with the knowledge to work from 1st Principals
• The ability to hand calculate and work through concepts
• FEA experience with linear/non-linear implicit FE analysis and/or multi-body dynamic analysis and/or non-linear explicit FE analysis
• Experience with Solvers and other software packages like; Altair Radioss, HyperCrash, HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct, MSC Nastran, SimSolid, MotionSolve
• Analysing structures made with high performance steels, corrosion resistant steels, aluminium and/or composite materials of both monolithic and sandwich panel construction.

Desirable

• Knowledge of working to industry standards and codes. Knowledge of Part 25 (EASA/FAA) and Boeing / Airbus specifications. Knowledge of ACs, ARPs and Aerospace Standards. Knowledge of Aerospace Material Standards and Material or component test standards and post-processing methods (e.g. ASTMs and B-Basis calculations)
• Project Management experience
• Ability to programme VBA, Python or similar language

At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.
We also know that some candidates may be put off ing for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role. Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation


If you're ready to take your career to new heights and be part of a company that's crafting the future of flight, today.
Why Safran?

• A global presence: Be part of a global aerospace, defence & space business with over 100,000 Colleagues, across 300 sites in 30 countries.
• Inclusive & empowering environment: We celebrate our differences and believe they make us stronger. We know that a fulfilling work environment is a key driver for innovative ideas and team success.
• Innovation at the core: Join our mission to decarbonise aerospace and make the world a safer place. Your ambitions can take us further.
• Mobility & training opportunities: We can support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities. If you have big dreams, we'll support you to make them a reality.