Job Description

Our client has an opportunity for a Wing Design Engineer to join them on a contract basis until October 2026. You will be responsible for ensuring the structural design meets programme airworthiness and product requirements and in line with cascaded Design Quality Assurance Criteria.

Role: Wing Design Engineer

Location: Filton - 60% onsite

Hours: 35 hours per week

Clearance: BPSS required before starting

Hourly Rate: £50 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35

What you'll be doing:

Ensure the structural design meets programme airworthiness and product requirements and in line with cascaded Design Quality Assurance Criteria

Define, deliver and enable technical studies, trades and investigations to ensure the delivery of technical solutions in accordance to relevant Design methods and procedures

Support identification, management and delivery of change through Mod opening, DFM release and Stage 3 Closure of Mods on time, to cost and quality

Provide design leadership of Internal and External designers within the team and ownership of Lean Engineering improvements, in particular 'Right First Time', and Lead Time Reduction. This will be key to demonstrating design requirements within the program constraints

Ensure effective organization and governance of design & maturity reviews in line with Airbus polices, processes and practices

Requirements:

Airbus Delegation needed

Knowledge & experience for Wing Structure

Part of a Design team to support approval and authorisation

Achieving delivery to Time, Cost and Quality

Finding creative solutions to complex problems

Risk management and taking calculated risks

Able to make or influence decisions in a complex network of stakeholders and customers enabling right first-time delivery, achieving all the planned and agreed milestones

Integrate with and influence technical experts and specialists to achieve optimum technical and business solutions

Have a strong track record of maturing new technologies, Implementing Design to cost projects, and initiating strategic technology projects

Knowledge and experience of design toolsets i.e. CATIA V5, ICC, Zamiz, ECM, Solings & PASS

Design Approval/Authorisation Signatory is essential.

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please apply!

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