Project Lead responsible for the Fatigue and Damage Tolerance checkstress analysis activities on the main wingbox ribs, dry bay closeout structure, and aft pylon fitting of the Sharklet and NEO versions of the A320 family of aircraft.Project Lead Responsibilities & Achievements:• Defined scope of each work package and produced detailed project plans.• Negotiated level of effort requirement with international customer (Airbus Americas Engineering).• Developed supplier proposals for incorporation into Engineering Service Requests.• Maintained effective communication links with customer on both project and technical matters.• Produced and presented project gate reviews to customer.• Tracked project performance and reported to the Program and Operations Managers on a weekly basis.• Managed engineering team and balanced resource levels with shifting project requirements and priorities while maintaining full utilisation.• Monitored and assessed the impact of scope creep.• Ensured project practices adhere to applicable quality standards (AS9100 Rev C and ISO 9001:2008).• Delivered project deliverables on time and within budget.• Achieved very high levels of customer satisfaction leading to additional work packages.Engineering Responsibilities and Achievements:• Conducted fatigue stress survey of structure to determine regions with likely fatigue critical details.• Conducted fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of selected fatigue details.• Established applicable analysis methods for generic details • Developed analysis methods for non-generic structures, which now act as a documented precedent and guide for all future analysis work on applicable structures.• Generated all necessary reporting documentation required for aircraft certification (i.e. stress dossiers, calculation files, analysis summaries).• Produced tools to automate repeated functions and streamline the analysis process allowing for a significant reduction in project time/cost.

Integration role at Airbus Americas Engineering in Wichita, Kansas, USAResponsibilities and Achievements:• Provided on-site support for all projects being performed for customer.• Enabled and maintained effective and regular communications between working teams and the customer.• Sourced and facilitated the transfer of technical data between all parties and ensured teams were technically enabled at all times.• Maintained positive customer relationship and explored opportunities for additional work packages.• Generated and negotiated Engineering Service Requests (Statements of Work) with customer for new work packages.

Airbus Continuous Product Development (CPD): Fatigue Justification of manufacturing concessions for A330/A340 aircraft.Leading role in generation of fatigue justification reports to account for Intermediate Service Goal (ISG) requirements of A330/A340 aircraft.Responsibilities and Achievements:• Trained and coordinated a team of eight engineers in the completion of the task.• Conducted fatigue analysis of outer wing structures and produced fatigue calculation reports.• Reviewed and updated working methods and processes for the purposes of continuously improving quality and efficiency. • Maintained effective communication channels with international customer for the purposes of project reviews and technical trouble shooting.

Airbus CPD: A330/A340 Concessions. • See previous description for details.

Secondment to GKNs facility on the Isle of Wight, UK to integrate on multiple A400M checkstress activities (Static Stress and F&DT).Integrated between multiple sites: GKN Australia (Melbourne & Sydney), GKN Isle of Wight, GKN Weston-super-Mare, and Customer (Airbus UK, Filton).Responsibilities and Achievements:• Sourced and facilitated the transfer of technical data between all parties.• Enabled and managed effective communications between all parties across shifting time-zones.• Maintained positive customer relations

Airbus Continuous Product Development (CPD) work: A320 Rib Datumisation activities.Involved rework of A320 Rib Static Stress Analysis and generation of Stress Analysis Reports.

Secondment to the Air Vehicles Division of the Defence Science & Technology Organisation, DSTO.3D modelling and data analysis using combination of commercial and DSTO in-house software.  Gained experience working with sensitive defence data in a secure environment.

Conducted Electrical Sub-Systems Design and Drafting work for Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Integrated Test Force (ITF) team.Using CATIA v5, the main tasks included the design of electrical harness layouts, design of the harness support assemblies, and the design of sheet metal and machined BTP components. Design activities were followed by the generation of assembly installation and component manufacturing drawings for shop-floor use. Additional responsibilities included:• Customer relations management and team coordination.• Presentation of preliminary and critical design reviews• Implementation of Stress feedback requirementsGained a useful working knowledge in the following areas:• The use of Catia v5 for the purposes of designing sheet metal and machined components, designing electrical harness layouts, and drafting manufacturing and assembly installation drawings. • Product life-cycle management experience and the use of Product Data Management (PDM) systems. • Interpretation and use of electrical wiring schematics.• Handling of Export Controlled (ITAR) information.

Conducted Stress Analysis work for JSF ITF.Involved a combination of Finite Element Analysis and ‘by-hand’ analysis of sub-system components (i.e. electrical harnesses and fluid lines) and attaching structure. Required generation of Stress Analysis Reports for design approval.

Conducted Stress Analysis and produced Stress Analysis Reports for Cargo Loading System components for Airbus A330/A340.• Required by-hand analysis of a number of component assemblies and the generation of the required Stress Analysis Reports for certification purposes. Conducted Finite Element Analysis of a modified Airbus A340-600 Flap Track.• Required finite element modelling and analysis of original and modified Flap Track assembly using MSC PATRAN.