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Resumes
August 13, 2026
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Leonora Bishop
(316) 555-0131 ◇ Wichita, KS
leonora.bishop@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/leonora-bishop ◇ leonorabishop.com
Objective
Aeronautical engineer with 7 years in business jet structures and aerodynamics, currently a design engineer on the wing team of a business aircraft manufacturer producing about 140 aircraft a year. Designed 30 primary structure components on a new wing variant, cut the weight of a flap track assembly 11% while meeting all certification load cases, and closed 45 certification analysis reports with 0 rejections by the airworthiness authority. Designs to the load case, the manufacturing process, and the certification basis at the same time, because a part that fails any of the 3 does not fly.
Education
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Arkansas River Crown University 2017 – 2019
Thesis on composite wing box optimisation; coursework in Aircraft Structures, Aeroelasticity, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Aircraft Design.
B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Arkansas River Crown University 2013 – 2017
Licensed Professional Engineer since 2023; completed a certification and airworthiness regulations course in 2021.
Skills
Aeronautical Engineering
Aircraft structural design, wing and control surface design, loads and stress analysis, composite and metallic structures, fatigue and damage tolerance, aerodynamic integration
Analysis and Certification
Finite element analysis, hand calculation and margin of safety reports, certification analysis to airworthiness regulations, test planning and correlation, weight management
Design Practice
Design for manufacturing and assembly, tolerance analysis, design reviews, configuration control, supplier drawing review, cross-functional work with manufacturing and flight test
Tools & Platforms
CATIA V5, Siemens NX, Nastran and Patran, HyperMesh, ANSYS, Python and MATLAB, Teamcenter, Excel
Experience
Design Engineer, Wing Structures 03/2022 – Present
Arkansas River Crown Aircraft Wichita, KS
- Design primary wing structure for a business jet programme producing about 140 aircraft a year, owning 30 components on a new wing variant.
- Cut the weight of a flap track assembly 11%, about 9 kg per aircraft, while meeting all 120 certification load cases with positive margins.
- Closed 45 certification analysis reports with 0 rejections by the airworthiness authority across 3 years.
Stress Engineer 07/2019 – 02/2022
Prairie Line Aerostructures Wichita, KS
- Performed stress and fatigue analysis on 80 fuselage and empennage components for 3 aircraft programmes.
- Built a finite element model of a horizontal stabiliser with 400,000 elements that correlated within 5% of static test results.
- Resolved 12 negative margin findings through redesign proposals adopted by the design team with an average weight penalty under 0.3 kg.
Aerospace Engineering Intern 05/2018 – 08/2018
Prairie Line Aerostructures Wichita, KS
- Ran 200 hand calculations for fastener and joint margins across 2 fuselage sections during a 12-week internship.
- Built an automated margin calculation spreadsheet that cut joint analysis time by half for a team of 10.
- Received a full-time offer at the end of the 12-week internship based on the margin tool.
Projects
Flap Track Weight Reduction. Redesigned a flap track assembly from a machined aluminium build-up to an optimised single machining with a titanium fitting at the highest load path, analysed against 120 load cases and 2 fatigue spectra, which cut weight 11% and part count from 14 to 6 while keeping every margin positive.
New Wing Variant Primary Structure. Designed 30 primary structure components for a wing variant with a 1.2 m span extension, including 8 rib redesigns and a rear spar splice, coordinated with manufacturing on 3 tooling changes, and delivered all drawings 2 weeks ahead of the release date for first article build.
Stabiliser Test Correlation. Built a 400,000-element finite element model of a horizontal stabiliser at a previous employer, instrumented the static test article with 60 strain gauges, and correlated the model within 5% at every gauge, which cleared the structure for certification credit by analysis on 3 further load cases.
Extra-Curricular Activities
- Member of an aerospace professional society section, attending about 6 technical meetings a year.
- Volunteer mentor for a high school aerospace design competition, coaching a team of 10 each season.
- Hold a private pilot certificate and fly about 40 hours a year.
Leadership
- Lead a design cell of 4 engineers on the flap and aileron zone of the wing variant.
- Mentor 2 graduate engineers through their first certification reports.
- Chair the weekly wing zone design review with stress, manufacturing, and certification.
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