Engineer - Design

Bristol Area
Permanent
Full-time

2 hours ago

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.Job SummaryAn exciting fulfilling opportunity has arisen for an Aerostructures Design Engineer based at GKN's Global Technology Centre in Bristol, accomodating flexible hybrid working.The sucessful candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the design, development, and support of aircraft structural components and assemblies: wing, movables, empennage, pylons etc.Within the role you will Collaborate with cross-functional teams including stress engineers, manufacturing, configuration and systems integration.If you have a Hunger for continuous learning, growth and curiosity, we would like to hear from you!How You'll Contribute

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 programme objectives
Support the creation of technical solutions against customer requirements as input to bids and proposals within assigned programmes/projects
Identify and assess technical risk for own work and propose mitigations within assigned programmes/projects
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
Create detailed design definitions of products, including interfaces, dimensions, materials, parts, manufacturing process requirements, assemblies, and tolerances which are compliant to all design requirements and objectives
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 You'll BringTo help us make a difference, you'll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:Essential:

Relevant technical qualification (Bachelor, Master or equivalent) or a relevant level of experience to perform the engineering tasks
Proven experience gained within an engineering discipline, ideally within an aerospace environment and in multi-disciplinary engineering project teams (Design/CM, EWIS, Analysis, M&P, Manufacturing/ Industrialisation)
Ability to work towards holding a check / approval status
Confident to act under own initiative in relation to the assigned tasks within defined functional procedures / governance
Experienced in communicating technical information to a wide audience within the engineering business
Basic knowledge of Lean Principles
Experienced in analysing and interpreting customer requirements

Desirable:

Awareness of other functions (Operations, Production, Supplier Management)
Able to support budget compliance
Worked in cross-cultural teams

What We'll OfferOnce you're on board you'll get the following perks and benefits:

Competitive salary dependent on experience
Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
Life Assurance 8 x salary
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Income protection
Shopping discounts
Cycle To Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
A collaborative, dynamic working environment

We'll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of WorkingEveryone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we've created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It's a culture that won us 'The Best Workplace Culture Award'. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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