Initial Airworthiness Engineer – Delivery

Job Description

Job title: Initial Airworthiness Engineer – Delivery

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

Salary: £46288 – £51548

What you’ll be doing:

• Establishing and delivering the engineering activities using systems integration, systems engineering techniques
• Sustaining the initial integrity of Air products through production challenge and review of design, certification and assurance evidence (including product data requirements) in line with market legislation and regulatory obligations
• Sustain the Air business regarding Product Integrity through the development/ improvement of existing process and operations, challenging the norm, promoting efficiency and competitiveness whilst ensuring continuous delivery
• Validation and challenge of the initial evidence through professional judgement and constructive feedback, performance of audit and assurance activities, including involvement in design and phase review assessments
• Recovery of the integrity of Air products through investigation, root cause analysis, technical instruction (using technical writing skills) and advising of potential design change
• Exploitation of learning across Air and other BAE Systems Units, Customers and Suppliers using appropriate alerting, lessons learnt and promotional processes
• Opportunities to develop into other roles within the wider Air Sector and BAE businesses

Your skills and experiences:

• Aircraft Avionic / Mechanical systems design / Aerodynamic disciplines knowledge
• Experience within design configuration control processes
• Design certification (qualification and safety) and airworthiness processes
• Knowledge and experience of the Engineering lifecycle
• Analytical methods to support establishing integrated aircraft level flight limitations

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Initial Airworthiness Delivery Team:

The team is responsible for overseeing current and future aircraft development, production, and delivery activities, ensuring the airworthiness of our products and their successful deployment for customers worldwide. Additionally, we manage ongoing airworthiness, including defect and accident investigation, to ensure the safe operation of our fleets throughout their lifecycle.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established team in the Filton area, where you can contribute to shaping the team’s dynamic and culture within a new division that operates as part of a virtual national team. This role offers significant potential for career advancement and provides exposure to a wide range of aircraft products and projects. You’ll have opportunities to progress as projects evolve and develop.

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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 22nd November 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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