Senior Aerospace Analysis Engineer - Flexible Hours

GKN Aerospace; West of England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Industry-leading pension scheme

Life assurance 8x salary

Up to 15% bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible hours (finish Friday noon)

Income protection

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Virtual GP for you and family

Job summary

GKN Aerospace in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Analysis Engineer to independently assess, check, or approve stress analysis of aircraft structures across stages from conceptual design to certification.

You will perform hand calculations, finite element analysis and validation in line with customer, regulatory and airworthiness requirements, with qualification to work on UK Defence projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years of stress experience on composite and metallic structures, preferably aerospace.
• Able to hold check/approval status on projects as required.
• Proficient with Nastran/Patran and Simcenter.
• Eligible to work on UK Defence projects.

Responsibilities

• Perform stress analysis using classical methods for both composite and metallic structures.
• Develop, implement and check technical solutions and compliance documentation for work packages.
• Possess approval stress signatory capability on Filton projects; ideally an approval signatory.
• Process and verify concessions and non-conformances, addressing non-conforming products or designs.
• Identify, analyse and resolve technical problems; apply integrated solutions.
• Develop and verify methods plans and toolsets aligned to design objectives.
• Create and check design definitions including interfaces, materials, tolerances and manufacturing requirements.
• Sign and authorise project work packages as per project procedures.

Skills

Stress analysis

FEM (Nastran/Patran, Simcenter)

Structural verification

UK Defence eligibility

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in engineering

Tools

Nastran/Patran

Simcenter

Job description

GKN Aerospace in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Analysis Engineer to independently assess, check, or approve stress analysis of aircraft structures across stages from conceptual design to certification.

You will perform hand calculations, finite element analysis and validation in line with customer, regulatory and airworthiness requirements, with qualification to work on UK Defence projects.