Stress - Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Specialist in Belfast

This role is at Short Brothers, a Boeing Company, a subsidiary comprising aerospace manufacturing programmes and capabilities, research, development and engineering services, and aftermarket business. At Short Brothers, we do work that matters — and we do it together. Our teams design, build and support advanced aerostructures, space and defence solutions, with safety, quality and trust at the heart of everything we do. People are respected, ideas are listened to, and good work is recognised. We offer real career paths, flexibility where possible, and the opportunity to work on innovative projects that keep aircraft flying and help shape what comes next.

• 36 hour working week (half day Friday)
• Generous holidays
• Range of flexible schedules
• Professional development and growth
• Short term incentive Plan
• Private family medical coverage
• Coaching, mentoring and opportunity for advancement
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Generous life cover and employee assistance program
• Company occupational sick scheme
• On site Occupational Health Department
• Free car parking
• Enhanced maternity pay

Responsibilities

Principal accountabilities:

• Reporting to the Chief Engineer and Head of Stress, the principal responsibilities will be to provide technical leadership to a team of stress engineers for all aspects of fatigue and damage tolerance analysis and test validation.
• Functionally lead the application of fatigue and damage tolerance analysis activities on a range of products and programs.
• Oversee the continued development and application of Short Brothers’ or customer’s Damage Tolerance analysis methodologies.
• Ensure that the engineering of all products comply with the structural integrity requirements of the Airworthiness Regulations, with principal focus on those related to fatigue and damage tolerance.
• Keep abreast of Structural Technology Developments and provide leadership in their application to the definition of innovative structural solutions.
• Provide specialist structural engineering advice to your team and to the whole organisation and to take the lead in solving significant structural problems.
• Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment that develops sound business solutions while satisfying customer and regulatory technical requirements.
• Recruit, develop and motivate a team of highly skilled professional engineers.
• Liaise positively and negotiate effectively with customers, suppliers and regulatory authority representatives.

Qualifications

Candidate Requirements:

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that sufficient detail is provided on the application form to demonstrate how the applicant meets essential job criteria, as this alone will be used for vetting purposes. The position requires the job holder to be technically self-sufficient in their knowledge of aircraft structures and the application of fatigue and damage tolerance analysis methodologies and principles. It also requires thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the applicable regulatory requirements, analysis methods, testing procedures and engineering processes. Such understanding will be gained by way of considerable experience and therefore candidates must:

• Possess a minimum of a BSc/BEng degree together with a minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience in this technical specialism.
• OR Possess a minimum of an engineering related HNC together with a minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience in this technical specialism.
• AND Be able to demonstrate experience in dealing with senior management, customers, suppliers and Regulatory Authorities is essential.
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to manage, motivate and advise a team working on specialist engineering issues and the ability to motivate staff in an environment of change.

Completed applications must be submitted by Friday 17th April 2026 at 4pm. We employ people from all sections of the community and are committed to the appointment of the best candidate based upon the merit principle alone. In pursuit of our equal opportunities programme, we would particularly welcome more applications from Catholics and females, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.