Senior Engineer - Engine Life Management

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Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and own lifing methodologies for critical propulsion components, including rotating and static parts.
• Assess component life using appropriate approaches for fatigue, creep, oxidation, thermomechanical loading, vibration, fracture, wear, and damage tolerance.
• Translate engine duty cycles, thermal environments, and structural loads into component life predictions and design limits.
• Define and review the structural integrity basis for parts such as turbine wheels, NGVs, stators, shafts, casings, combustor hardware, bearing structures, and piston-engine hot and loaded components.
• Evaluate the effect of material choice, microstructure, coatings, heat treatment, casting, forging, additive manufacturing, machining, and inspection quality on life.
• Support design teams with design-for-life recommendations, including geometry changes, stress reduction, cooling improvements, material upgrades, and process controls.
• Correlate analytical predictions with test evidence, including rig testing, endurance testing, strain/temperature data, metallography, and field observations.
• Contribute to qualification plans, design reviews, certification-style evidence packs, and risk assessments for new engines and component upgrades.
• Build internal standards, databases, and best practices for component lifing and structural integrity.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in gas turbine engines, piston engines, rotating machinery, or high-performance structural systems.
• Strong background in fatigue, fracture mechanics, creep, thermomechanical analysis, and structural lifing.
• Experience assessing the integrity of components affected by temperature, vibration, stress concentration, material scatter, and manufacturing variation.
• Familiarity with finite element analysis and structural assessment methods for high-integrity components.
• Experience linking materials and manufacturing to structural performance and life prediction.
• Strong technical judgement, reporting ability, and cross-functional communication skills.

Desired Skills

• Experience with engine life management, repair structural assessment, or durability engineering in aerospace propulsion.
• Familiarity with safe-life, damage-tolerance, and retirement-for-cause approaches.
• Knowledge of nickel superalloys, titanium alloys, steels, aluminium alloys, coatings, and AM materials behaviour.
• Experience with test correlation, mission cycle definition, probabilistic lifing, or reliability-based methods.
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