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Join Expleo’ Stress Analysis Team
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Ensure structural integrity from design to operations
As a stress engineer, you’re ready to ensure structural integrity from design to operation, collaborate closely with design teams to meet rigorous integrity requirements throughout an aircraft’s, submarine’s, train or satellite’s life cycle, including production and fleet support to correct manufacturing and in-use issues.
You thrive on analysing structures to guarantee their long-term strength and reliability, you are an expert in solid mechanics, to calculate stresses, deflections, and interface loads. You also enjoy working with different components from simple drill templates to complex structure assembly.
Does that sound like we’re talking about you?
Well, you’re in the right place.Expleo’s stress analysis team supports the development of:
Aircraft’s pylon for new engines
Next generation nuclear submarines
Key component of anti-submarine weapons
Long range aircraft’s fuselage and wing structure
Jigs and tools for final assembly line
I came here about five years ago from a smaller engineering company. One of the first things I noticed was the access to highly knowledgeable senior engineers who were very willing to share their time and expertise to help me develop. Additionally, Expleo provides access to a wide range of sectors, allowing for movement across different areas. This exposure to various types of engineering has been incredibly beneficial
I'm involved in a variety of leading projects, covering everything from conceptual design to production validation—the entire design process.
Humility is very important because you can learn something new every day. Perhaps you have 20 years of experience, but you will still learn many new things at Expleo.
We need to be able to think differently. Just because we've done it like that before doesn't mean we should keep doing it like that. That's part of the improvement
A day in the life of an Expleo stress engineer
Morning
Team meeting to outline daily tasks for projects, noting down tasks and priorities for the day and loading 3D models or drawings, creating Finite Element Models (FEM) of structures.
Mid-morning
Engaging in meetings with customers, design teams, or project reviews. Discussing workloads with the aerodynamics team. Extracting stresses and deflections from FEMs, performing hand calculations if needed. Scoping out work and sorting technical documentation for customer approval.
Noon
Writing reports, presenting findings, and participating in design reviews.
After lunch
Address problem areas and propose solutions with the designers.
Afternoon
Engaging in ongoing projects like repairing spars or analysing weight modifications. Addressing and replacing obsolete material specifications. Participating in technical review meetings and project review meetings with customers and project managers.
Mid-afternoon
Checking spreadsheets and approving certification reports for customers.
End of Day
Reviewing any issues that arose during the day with engineers. Reporting delays or missing information from customers. Preparing and reviewing the four-box report used in customer projects.
Entry-level requirements
- hard skills
- Mathematical and physics skills for hand calculation
- Excel for data analysis
- Finite Element Methods (FEM) basics
- Programming (Python or VBA)
- soft skills
- Curiosity and outside-the-box thinking
- Rigorous mindset and system thinking
- Great attitude
- Ability to learn and adapt
- Taking ownership
- Willingness to learn new tools
- Team mindset
- Clear logical thinking
- Being able to articulate abstract concepts
What you will be learning with our team
- Complex architecture and products and how to approach them
- Industry-specific knowledge
- Data visualisation and methodical approach
