Senior Structural Design Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Senior Structural Design Engineer

Location: Samlesbury – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £47,683 – £ 52,426 dependant on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Working closely with other engineering disciplines and functions, supplier and customer areas, fostering a team-working and collaborative product development environment
• Producing and issuing Airframe engineering design data to meet project requirements, in line with design standards, whilst maintaining quality, cost and schedule adherence
• Verifying design data to a formal independent check criteria to ensure compliance with project standards
• Identifying project technical risks and opportunities, and where appropriate propose mitigation plans
• Supporting all aspects of personal and professional development for yourself and, where appropriate, others in your team
• Evaluating and resolving design queries, and supporting the generation of resulting modifications and changes
• Supporting the definition and resource planning of design workload delivery

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in an Airframe Design role, or equivalent ‘near-neighbour' disciplines
• Degree or HNC/HND or equivalent qualification
• Experience of operating in an airframe design role, or equivalent in one or more phases of the product lifecycle
• Proficiency in a CAD system, typically CATIA V5 or equivalent toolset, with experience in a PLM system
• Awareness of product lifecycle requirements and the importance of governance to product integrity

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary integrated product development environment, influencing adjacent disciplines
• Experience of working with internal / external customers, suppliers and partners
• Experience of managing Design tasks to meet engineering design requirements and programme requirements
• Experience in leading and guiding other Design staff
• Experience in holding a level of Design authority (Check / Approver)

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The F-35 Design Team:

The F-35 Lightning II program has an opportunity for a Senior Design Engineer to join the Airframe Design team responsible for delivery and support of the BAE Systems developed elements of the F-35 Aft Fuselage.

As a Senior Design Engineer you will be part of a team producing the physical product definition to satisfy a set of multidisciplinary system functional requirements, taking account of safety, cost, manufacturing, in-service support and other considerations.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with the 5th generation combat aircraft, which is the biggest aircraft programme in the world, spanning continued product development, high rate production & a large, rapidly growing customer fleet.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 6th May 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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