Senior Design Engineer - Senior Wing Fuel Systems Installation Engineer in Bristol

Airbus is seeking an accomplished and visionary Senior Design Engineer to join our elite Wing Fuel Systems Installation team in Filton, Bristol. Reporting directly to the Head of Wing Fluid and Mechanical Systems Installation, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the entire portfolio of Airbus commercial aircraft. This position offers a rare opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced engineer to combine advanced design expertise with technical leadership. In this role, you will collaborate with a diverse, high-performing team and interface directly with key global customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to shape the future of aerospace.

Tasks & Accountabilities

As a senior member of the team, you will drive excellence across the "end-to-end" design lifecycle, encompassing:

• End-to-End Design: Lead diverse engineering activities from cutting-edge conceptual design to the modification and optimization of current product lines.
• Operational & In-Service Support: Provide crucial technical support to global manufacturing sites, in-service aircraft, and continued airworthiness initiatives.
• Technical Governance: Serve as a technical Approval and Authorization signatory for Wing Fuel System designs and production non-conformances.
• Mentorship & Development: Cultivate the next generation of engineering talent by supporting the development of technical signatories within the team, while continuously expanding your own airworthiness delegated authorities.

Skills & Experience

We are looking for a collaborative technical leader who brings:

• Proven Expertise: Extensive, demonstrable experience in an aerospace Design Engineer role, with a deep understanding of aircraft fuel systems installation.
• Advanced Systems Knowledge: Mastery of CATIA V5/V6 is essential. Familiarity with configuration and product data management toolsets (e.g., PASS, DPDS, VPM, ICC) is highly desirable.
• Technical Authority: Proven experience holding technical Approval privileges, with a strong preference for candidates holding (or ready to hold) Authorization signatory status within the aerospace sector.
• Adaptability & Leadership: Strong communication and project coordination skills, paired with a flexible approach and the ability to occasionally travel to UK and transnational manufacturing sites.

What Airbus Can Offer You

• Financial Success: A highly competitive base salary supplemented by an annual company profit-share scheme.
• Company Benefits: An ever growing list of benefits including enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
• Global Career Mobility: Unparalleled opportunities for career progression and skill expansion across our transnational, market-leading enterprise.
• Work-Life Balance: A flexible 35-hour work week, including an early finish with no core hours on Friday afternoons.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Employment Type:Permanent-------Experience Level:ProfessionalJob Family:System Installation

Company: Airbus Operations Limited

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process.

We support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

SummaryLocation: Bristol AreaType: Full time