Principal Design Engineer in the Transparencies team at GKN Aerospace, leading innovative design solutions and ensuring compliance in aerospace projects. Working on complex product development across multiple aerospace programmes with a focus on design integrity.
Responsibilities
Act as the technical authority for transparency design across multiple programmes, ensuring design integrity, safety, and compliance with customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements
Lead the definition of design standards and engineering best practices for transparency systems and approve design solutions, specifications, concessions, rework schemes, and compliance documentation
Provide expert guidance on requirements management, materials selection, structural performance, optical performance, manufacturing processes and qualification methods
Represent Design function in MRBs and serve as the primary escalation point for all MRB-related queries, exercising technical authority to determine and approve the disposition of non conforming parts
Define and validate test methods and/or alternate means of compliance (analysis/similarity) as required to demonstrate design solution complies with requirements
Act as a senior technical interface with customers, suppliers, regulatory bodies, and internal stakeholders. Communicate complex technical information clearly to both technical and non technical audiences
Lead major technical reviews, gate reviews, and customer design reviews, ensuring high quality technical data and presentations
Identify, assess, and manage technical risks across programmes, proposing mitigation strategies and influencing programme direction
Support capability development within the Transparency Systems team including training, knowledge capture, and succession planning
Requirements
Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical or similar
Experience in Aerospace design / or Aerospace product development
Deep understanding of the full product lifecycle, design practices, manufacturing processes, and airworthiness requirements
Proven ability to lead complex engineering work packages and solve complex technical problems using evidence based, methodical approaches
Familiarity with digital engineering and model based design preferably using CATIA V5
Excellent communication skills, able to create clear, concise, and accurate technical content and present to senior stakeholders
Expert user of CATIA V5 for complex modelling and drawing creation (desirable)
Chartered Engineer status (CEng) (desirable)
Experience working with defence customers and regulatory authorities (desirable)
Experience in transparencies, composites, or specialist structures/ systems (desirable)
Benefits
Competitive salary dependent on experience
The opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus
Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
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