Job title: Initial Airworthiness Engineer – Delivery Location: Prestwick – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £46,426 depending on skills and experience What you'll be doing: Independent airworthiness assurance activity of design certification (qualification and safety) evidence in support of airworthiness certification for Development, Production and Export clearance programmes Airworthiness focal point for agreeing flight limitations with System Design Responsibility teams, Flight Operations and the external customers Establishing and producing Flight Certification (Military Permit to Fly) for Development and Production Aircraft Establishing and producing Flight Certification (Release to Service) for Export Customers Independent airworthiness assurance activity for emergent flight safety issues affecting Development aircraft, resulting in the issue of Flight Safety Procedures (Additional Flight Limitations/Flight Safety Messages) to BAES Partner Companies and their operators Supporting continuous development of BAE Systems and flight certification and design certification processes Supporting and representing Airworthiness at Typhoon/Tornado/Hawk/FCAS project meetings, including support to external customer meetings 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 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 (as appropriate) 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 Your skills and experiences: HND/HNC/Degree or equivalent in a STEM subject or equivalent relevant experience Aircraft Avionic and Mechanical systems design and Aerodynamic disciplines understanding Design configuration control processes experience Design certification (qualification and safety) and Airworthiness processes 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 covers current and future aircraft development activities assuring the type airworthiness of the product and its release into service across all Customers.
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: 15 th 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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