Fuel Systems Engineer

Capgemini; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm in Bristol is seeking multiple Fuel Systems Engineers to join their Aerospace team. The roles involve defining fuel system architecture, leading technical reviews, and ensuring compliance with certification processes. Ideal candidates will have a degree in engineering, extensive experience in aircraft fuel systems, and excellent communication skills. Benefits include access to digital learning and an inclusive work environment. Join us and contribute to innovative projects with top global companies.

Benefits

Open access to digital learning platforms

Active employee networks promoting diversity

Exposure to top global companies

Qualifications

• Extensive systems engineering experience across the full product lifecycle.
• Strong expertise in aircraft fuel systems.
• Proven capability in certification processes and compliance documentation.
• Skilled in technical reviews and trade-off studies.
• Excellent communication skills; Chartered Engineer status desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage fuel system architecture and requirements.
• Lead technical reviews and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Conduct trade-off studies for performance optimization.
• Support certification and regulatory compliance activities.
• Provide guidance to ensure quality of engineering outputs.

Skills

Systems engineering

Aircraft fuel systems expertise

Requirements management

Stakeholder engagement

Technical oversight

Education

Degree-qualified engineer

Job description

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world's most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life‑saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

Your Role

We are seeking multiple skilled Fuel Systems Engineers with a range of experience levels to join our team, working within the Aerospace sector on long-term strategic clients. These roles demand a strong technical foundation in aerospace systems. The successful candidates will be responsible, as part of a team, for supporting key programme milestones along with the architecture, implementation and integration of complex systems, driving innovation, and ensuring the seamless delivery of project milestones.

• Define and manage fuel system architecture and requirements, ensuring compliance and traceability across the development lifecycle.
• Lead technical reviews and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive design maturity through major programme milestones (PDR, CDR, etc.).
• Conduct trade‑off studies and develop system architectures to optimise performance, safety, and cost.
• Support certification and regulatory compliance activities, including technical documentation and engagement with authorities.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance to ensure quality and consistency of engineering outputs.

Your Profile

• Degree‑qualified engineer with extensive systems engineering experience across the full product lifecycle.
• Strong expertise in aircraft fuel systems, including architecture, specification, V&V, integration, performance, and safety.
• Proven capability in requirements management and certification processes, including compliance documentation and technical evidence.
• Skilled in leading trade‑off studies, design evaluations, and technical reviews to support programme milestones.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills; Chartered Engineer (or working towards), with MBSE and ATA 47 knowledge as desirable

If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply; your unique experience could be just what we need.

What you'll love about working here

• Open access to digital learning platforms
• Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini
• Exposure to top global companies working with Capgemini (145 of the Fortune 500 companies)

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
• Please opt in during the application process.

Need to know

• This role will require BPSS level clearance
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.