Load & Stress Engineer (All Genders)

Your Mission

As a Load & Stress Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the structural integrity, safety, and performance of UAV systems throughout the design, production, and testing lifecycle. You will perform classical hand calculations and advanced finite element analyses to size, validate, and optimize structural components under static and dynamic loading conditions.

Working closely with mechanical design, manufacturing, and test teams, you will provide rapid, data-driven feedback to support design improvements, resolve non-conformities, and assess production or test anomalies.

Responsibilities

• Perform rapid hand calculations for initial component sizing and quick verification.
• You will create, validate, and maintain Finite Element (FE) models for both static and dynamic calculations.
• Provide continuous, data-driven feedback to the mechanical design team to optimize structural components and systems.
• Give Guidance to engineering and production decisions regarding non-conformities using rapid analytical troubleshooting.
• You will actively support ground and flight test activities, including hands-on, real-time support when required.

Required Skills

• Degree in aerospace engineering, aviation management, aviation safety, or a related technical field. Military aviation training backgrounds are welcome.
• 3–5 years experience in aviation safety, flight operations, UAS operations, or regulatory compliance.
• Working knowledge of EASA Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and the SORA methodology. You may not have led a full SORA submission independently, but you understand the framework, the 10-step process, and the relationship between GRC, ARC, SAIL, and OSOs.
• Experience with aviation documentation systems: operations manuals, flight logs, safety reports, or qualification records.
• Familiarity with Safety Management System principles (ICAO Annex 19 or equivalent). Formal SMS training is a plus but not required if you have practical exposure.
• Business-fluent English required. German is a strong advantage.
• You will be exposed to regulatory complexity that most professionals encounter much later in their careers. You actively seek to understand, not just to execute. Ask “why” before you ask “how.”