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Aircraft Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

Trispoke Managed Services Pvt. Ltd.
Waco, TX Contractor
POSTED ON 8/12/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/10/2026
Job Title: Aircraft Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

Work Location: Waco, TX, 76705

Duration: 12 months contract with potential extension

Work Schedule: 9/80A

Shift: (9/80 Schedule) - 7:30-8am Start Time

Pay : $90 per hour - $125.00 per hour on W2!

Citizenship Requirement: US Citizens Required

Job Description

Aircraft Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Engineer responsible for performing structural fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of aircraft modifications, including design support, and preparation of technical documentation necessary to ensure airworthiness.

Determination of critical load paths in primary aircraft structure resulting from applied and induced operational loads, as well as the determining the local stress concentrations, internal fastener load distributions, operational usage environments and design allowable.

Development of tailored mission profiles and usage spectra for modified aircraft for use in calculation of service life

Required Qualifications

BSME, BSAE, BSCE and minimum 10 years of relevant work experience

MSME, MSAE, MSCE and minimum 9 years of relevant work experience.

Must be able to generate free body diagrams, determine reaction forces, and calculate internal load distributions, local stress concentrations, and operational usage environments

Must be able to travel as necessary.

Must be able to obtain a security clearance.

Must be proficient in Microsoft Office and have general computer knowledge.

Must be able to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required.

Good verbal and written communication skills

Willingness to mentor younger engineers

Effective leadership qualities

Preferred Skills

Experience with predicting crack initiation lives and running standard crack growth programs; e.g., AFGROW, NASGRO

Working knowledge of one programming language

CAD or analysis (FEA) tools exposure, and/or experience in mechanical design or analysis structures and mechanisms

Working knowledge of both military (Mil Standard) and civilian (14 CFRs) certification regulations and generating substantiation data to demonstrate compliance

Familiarity with transducer instrumentation, data collection and or automation and software programming for numerical analysis

Working knowledge on how to develop the Airworthiness Limitations section of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness for a structural modification

Experience with standard Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) methods and corresponding crack growth detectable flaw sizes

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Salary : $90 - $125

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