Fluid Systems Design Lead, Digital Engineering

Job Description

Job title: Fluid Systems Design Lead, Digital Engineering

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

Salary: Competitive; depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and managing a small team of capable Designers for all related tasks
• 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 and procedures, whilst maintaining quality, cost and schedule adherence
• Verifying design data after completion and prior to a formal independent check to ensure compliance with project standards
• Identifying product technical risks and associated mitigation plans
• Evaluating and resolving design problems and supporting the generation of resulting modifications and changes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in an Airframe Design role, or similar product design experiences
• HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• Proficiency with a CAD system, along with experience in a configuration control toolset (PLM) system.
• Experience in leading and guiding other Design staff as well as verifying and checking other engineer’s designs
• Experience of managing Design tasks to meet engineering design requirements and programme requirements.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary integrated product development environment, influencing adjacent disciplines
• Experience of working with internal/external customers, suppliers and partners

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 Airframe Capability team:

BAE Systems have exciting new opportunities for experienced Airframe Design Engineers to join our teams at Warton, Samlesbury and Brough with the opportunity to work flexibly whilst effectively leading and managing a small team.

The Air (UK) Design Engineering Discipline is responsible for producing the Airframe design definition and physical product design dataset delivery for manufacturing and through-life upgrades, based on a set of configured customer requirements.

As part of this role you will have a sound understanding of airframe Fluid System design, including the related engineering principles, standards & practices and be conversant in the use of current 3D CAD and PLM tools.

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: 19th August 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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