Survivability Analysis Engineer

Join Our Defense Engineering & Technology Team in The Netherlands

You will play a pivotal role in the development, engineering, and testing of structural, ballistic protection solutions for several platforms. As part of a dedicated, multidisciplinary project team within Fokker, you will contribute to the Product Engineering Department to help develop lightweight composite structures with integrated, structural ballistic protection and inherent engineering simulation tools to support the development and engineering of ballistic protection solutions.

Knowledge of fiber reinforced composite materials is a prerequisite. Knowledge of armor solutions and (e.g. small caliber) threats is a plus.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and check technical solutions and compliance documentation to ensure they are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.
• Identify technical problems and apply/integrate solutions.
• Execute and implement methods, plans, toolsets, and approaches that are appropriate and compliant to achieve the design and program objectives.
• Support the creation of technical solutions against customer requirements as input to bids and proposals within assigned programs/projects.
• Identify and assess technical risk for own work and propose mitigations within assigned programs/projects.
• Develop simulation tools for the development and engineering of ballistic protection solutions.
• Support or generate test specifications/plans and/or alternate means of compliance (analysis/similarity) as required to demonstrate design solution complies with certification requirements.
• Develop designs compliant to cost and manufacturing requirements using appropriate techniques for design such as manufacture and assembly (DFMA) and design to cost.
• Generate assigned project deliverables, documents, and reports according to the project signature authorizations.
• Support technical and customer reviews, including formal gate reviews, including the creation and preparation of technical data and presentations of product design.
• Process documentation such as concessions and non-conformances, and provide technical support by implementing solutions to address non-conforming products, designs, and compliance documentation.
• Perform all activities at a level of minimal supervision and support other engineers with peer-to-peer reviews.
• Identify improvements and support the creation of work instructions, procedures, technical manuals, and guidelines.
• Support operations and support manufacturing engineering team in translation of the product design and manufacturing requirements of a product in a manufacturing design of a product during prototype build and serial manufacturing, where applicable.
• Understand the qualification process of products, and prepare compliance documentation to internal, customer, and regulatory requirements, where applicable.

What We Are Looking For

• Pro-active, self-starting attitude with relevant experience in Analysis Engineering, preferably in Aerospace.
• Good level of technical problem solving and ability to work as a team player.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment and familiarity with Technology Development.
• Willingness to learn and ability to arrange and manage tasks independently.
• Relevant technical qualifications (Bachelor, Master or equivalent) or a relevant level of experience to perform the engineering tasks.
• Able to work towards holding a check/approval status.
• Able to act under own initiative in relation to the assigned tasks within defined functional procedures/governance.
• Ability to describe technical information of a technical task to a wide audience within the engineering business.
• Ability to have technical discussions with customers and suppliers as required.
• Able to analyze and interpret customer requirements.
• Knowledge of fiber reinforced composite materials is a prerequisite.
• Knowledge of armor solutions and (e.g. small caliber) threats is a plus.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. We are seeking a Survivability Analysis Engineer who excels in bringing new technologies to the market and is able to engineer solutions for several platforms.