Lead Design Engineer

Overview

In this role you provide technical leadership across a portfolio of aerospace engineering programmes from our Bristol office, guiding multidisciplinary design activities through the full lifecycle. You will act as a technical focal point for customers and stakeholders, oversee design governance and risk management, and mentor engineers to raise engineering standards. The opportunity combines hands-on design leadership with programme delivery across concept to in-service support in a collaborative consultancy environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Career progression opportunities
• Mentoring and development
• Collaborative engineering consultancy environment
• Exposure to multiple customers and platforms
• Potential for security clearance requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead aerospace design activities across structures, systems and installations on multiple programmes
• Provide technical leadership and direction to multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Manage engineering work packages against technical, quality, cost and schedule requirements
• Act as a technical focal point for customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Review and approve engineering drawings, CAD models, design documentation and technical reports
• Lead design reviews, technical governance and engineering decision-making
• Ensure designs meet applicable airworthiness, regulatory, customer and internal engineering requirements
• Coordinate activities across design, stress, systems, manufacturing, certification and project management
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues throughout design, manufacture, testing and in-service operation
• Manage technical risk, configuration control and engineering change
• Support bids and proposals through technical input, resource estimation and risk assessment
• Mentor engineers and contribute to the development of engineering standards, processes and best practice

Key requirements

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• Significant aerospace design engineering experience
• Proven experience leading technical teams and delivering complex engineering programmes or work packages
• Strong understanding of the aerospace product development lifecycle and engineering governance
• Experience managing engineering deliverables from concept through manufacture, certification and/or in-service support
• Proficiency with aerospace CAD platforms such as CATIA V5/V6, Siemens NX, Creo or equivalent
• Experience reviewing and approving engineering drawings, designs and technical documentation
• Strong understanding of configuration management and engineering change control
• Ability to manage technical risk and solve complex engineering problems
• Strong customer and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to lead multiple engineering priorities and programmes concurrently

• Stakeholder management
• Leadership and people development
• Excellent communication
• CATIA V5/V6
• Siemens NX
• Creo

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