Shape aircraft structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape, leading engineers through design, integration, validation, and certification support.

As Lead Mechanical Engineer, you will oversee structural design for airframes, wings, and fuselage components. The position combines aircraft structural expertise, metals and composites knowledge, and advanced analytical capability. Collaboration supports design integrity and manufacturability across aerospace teams.

Key Responsibilities:

- Direct complete structural design cycles from concepts through detailed integration
- Evaluate flight loads using stress, fatigue, strain, and modal analysis
- Develop drawings, specifications, and aerospace-compliant stress reports
- Lead design reviews with management, customers, and regulatory bodies




- Present technical findings and maintain detailed design documentation

Requirements:

- Master's degree or PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
- Ten years' structural design and analysis experience minimum
- Five years' leadership or supervisory experience in aerospace
- Aircraft structures expertise spanning metals, composites, and manufacturing
- Robust analytical, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills

Bring aircraft structures leadership, certification knowledge, and rigorous analysis to critical aerospace designs in Northern Cape.

📌 Aircraft Structures Engineering Lead (Kimberley)
🏢 Placements24
📍 Kimberley