Chief Stress Engineer

Technical authority. Structural integrity. Trust it with lives. Are you a highly experienced Stress Engineer ready to take technical ownership of structural integrity within a safety-critical aerospace environment? Join Martin-Baker as Chief Stress Engineer and take a leading technical role in ensuring our life-saving aerospace equipment meets the highest standards of structural integrity, safety and performance.

Working within our Mechanical Engineering group at Denham, you'll combine hands-on stress analysis with technical governance , providing specialist expertise across FEA, fatigue, damage tolerance and structural mechanics while acting as a key technical authority for engineering decisions and approvals.

Direct Impact. Global Scale. Life-Saving Mission. At Martin-Baker, the work we do matters. We design, manufacture and support life-saving equipment used by aircrew around the world. Our products operate in demanding environments where quality, reliability and attention to detail are critical.

We're proud of our long history in aerospace and defence while remaining focused on the future. Joining Martin-Baker means becoming part of a business with a clear purpose, strong engineering capability and a long-term commitment to its people, products and customers.

With over 7,800 lives saved , your expertise as Chief Stress Engineer will help ensure the structural integrity of equipment designed to protect aircrew when they need it most. The Opportunity as Chief Stress Engineer: As Chief Stress Engineer , you'll hold a senior position within our Mechanical Engineering group, providing technical leadership and authority across structural stress analysis for safety-critical aerospace systems.

You'll take ownership of complex analysis strategies from initial assessment through to final technical approval, covering static stress, fatigue, damage tolerance, vibration and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) . Crucially, this isn't a leadership position that moves you away from engineering.

You'll remain hands-on technically , contributing directly to challenging stress activities while reviewing and approving analysis produced across projects. You'll also provide specialist structural input into engineering changes, material reviews and failure investigations, giving you significant influence across the product li...

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