Senior Stress Engineer (Aerospace Industry)
About the role
Position: Senior Stress Engineer
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform detailed and global finite element analysis (DFEM and GFEM) to support structural design, modifications, and certification.
- Execute and validate classical hand calculations for static strength, fatigue, and damage tolerance analysis.
- Analyze structural components including fuselage, wings, empennage, nacelles, landing gear attachment areas, and interiors.
- Collaborate with Design, Loads, Materials, and Liaison Engineering to ensure structural integrity and manufacturability of designs.
- Prepare and review engineering documentation, including stress reports, substantiation packages, and compliance matrices.
- Support certification efforts with regulatory agencies (TCCA, FAA, EASA), including coordination with Design Approval Representatives (DARs).
- Assist in the development and maintenance of analysis tools, templates, and best practices for stress calculations.
- Provide mentorship and technical leadership to junior engineers and analysts.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in aircraft structural stress analysis.
- Expertise in FEM tools such as NASTRAN, Patran, HyperMesh, FEMAP, or ANSYS.
- Strong experience with DFEM and GFEM modelling, mesh refinement, boundary conditions, and results interpretation.
- Proficient in hand calculations using classical methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc.).
- Comfortable using spreadsheets, scripting tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB), and custom calculation tools.
- Solid understanding of certification requirements, including fatigue and damage tolerance criteria per FAR/CS Part 25.
- Experience preparing substantiation reports and interacting with certification authorities or DERs.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with legacy aircraft structure and modification/repair analysis.
- Experience in weight optimization, composite structure analysis, or crashworthiness is an asset.
- Knowledge of PLM systems (e.g. ENOVIA, SmarTeam) and configuration control processes.
About DBSI Services
Databased Solutions has made the Inc. 5000 list for 2022 ! June 29th, 2022 was a momentous day for Databased Solutions, with announcement of our company making it to the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America! Within the engineering industry, Databased Solutions is the only company in New Jersey to make it to the Inc 5000 list for 2022. Based out of Bridgewater NJ, Databased Solutions provides engineering and technical staffing services to the automotive, aerospace, manufacturing and medical device industry. It prides itself in specializing in staffing engineers with skills in the autonomous vehicle and digital engineering. Our engineers are increasingly using advanced technologies to capture data, craft design, create product and manufacturing processes in a digitized environment, by providing an integrated, computer-based system approach, comprised of simulation, 3D visualization, and data analytics. We could not have achieved this without the hard work and commitment of our employees. Our growth over last year can be attributed to the outstanding work of our team and our valued and trusted clients. We have worked tirelessly to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations. We are honored to be a recipient of this distinguished award, as it signifies entrepreneurial success!
Senior Stress Engineer (Aerospace Industry)
About the role
Position: Senior Stress Engineer
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform detailed and global finite element analysis (DFEM and GFEM) to support structural design, modifications, and certification.
- Execute and validate classical hand calculations for static strength, fatigue, and damage tolerance analysis.
- Analyze structural components including fuselage, wings, empennage, nacelles, landing gear attachment areas, and interiors.
- Collaborate with Design, Loads, Materials, and Liaison Engineering to ensure structural integrity and manufacturability of designs.
- Prepare and review engineering documentation, including stress reports, substantiation packages, and compliance matrices.
- Support certification efforts with regulatory agencies (TCCA, FAA, EASA), including coordination with Design Approval Representatives (DARs).
- Assist in the development and maintenance of analysis tools, templates, and best practices for stress calculations.
- Provide mentorship and technical leadership to junior engineers and analysts.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in aircraft structural stress analysis.
- Expertise in FEM tools such as NASTRAN, Patran, HyperMesh, FEMAP, or ANSYS.
- Strong experience with DFEM and GFEM modelling, mesh refinement, boundary conditions, and results interpretation.
- Proficient in hand calculations using classical methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, etc.).
- Comfortable using spreadsheets, scripting tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB), and custom calculation tools.
- Solid understanding of certification requirements, including fatigue and damage tolerance criteria per FAR/CS Part 25.
- Experience preparing substantiation reports and interacting with certification authorities or DERs.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with legacy aircraft structure and modification/repair analysis.
- Experience in weight optimization, composite structure analysis, or crashworthiness is an asset.
- Knowledge of PLM systems (e.g. ENOVIA, SmarTeam) and configuration control processes.
About DBSI Services
Databased Solutions has made the Inc. 5000 list for 2022 ! June 29th, 2022 was a momentous day for Databased Solutions, with announcement of our company making it to the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America! Within the engineering industry, Databased Solutions is the only company in New Jersey to make it to the Inc 5000 list for 2022. Based out of Bridgewater NJ, Databased Solutions provides engineering and technical staffing services to the automotive, aerospace, manufacturing and medical device industry. It prides itself in specializing in staffing engineers with skills in the autonomous vehicle and digital engineering. Our engineers are increasingly using advanced technologies to capture data, craft design, create product and manufacturing processes in a digitized environment, by providing an integrated, computer-based system approach, comprised of simulation, 3D visualization, and data analytics. We could not have achieved this without the hard work and commitment of our employees. Our growth over last year can be attributed to the outstanding work of our team and our valued and trusted clients. We have worked tirelessly to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations. We are honored to be a recipient of this distinguished award, as it signifies entrepreneurial success!