Design Engineer in East Cowes

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we are inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We are proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies and are committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do.

Our East Cowes plants, Isle of Wight are where we design, manufacture, test and repair high performance structures and systems. We have two facilities on the Island; Falcon Yard, Ferry Road and Osborne Site, Saunders Way. Both locations employ the company’s distinct competencies in major assemblies and composite structures for the global aerospace market.

Sitting within our Design Engineering team with the flexibility to work from home for up to 2 days per week dependent on the needs of the business, the Design Engineer will develop, integrate and implement technical solutions for some of our most high-profile programmes of work. In so doing, our new Engineer will help to ensure designs are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements and internal standards within the programme, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.

How You'll Contribute

• Shared responsibility in the design of structural aircraft and helicopter components, identifying technical problems and creating technical solutions.
• Work with both metal and composite structures and different assembly techniques.
• Be part of a multidisciplinary team together with stress engineers, manufacturing engineers, cost engineers and tooling engineers.
• Support working in all phases of a programme, starting with the conceptual phase, the full-scale phase in which the detailed design is translated into product drawings/models, up to the product maturation phase assisting with problems during manufacturing and proposing changes to the detailed design in order to contribute to weight and cost savings.
• Integration of all requirements and input from other engineering disciplines into the conceptual and detailed design, such that the product definition can be made and a cost-efficient and producible design is achieved.
• Use a variety of methods and tools, for example CAD and PLM software.

What You'll Bring

• Essential: Significant design engineering experience gained within highly regulated manufacturing environment such as the Aerospace, Pharmaceutical, Energy or Automotive industries.
• Experience of translating technical information to a wider technical and non-technical audience.
• Experience of using CATIA V5.
• Experience of problem solving using recognised toolsets.
• Experience of engaging with external customers and suppliers to understand requirements and build relationships.

• Desirable: A BSc or MSc degree in aerospace, mechanical or industrial design engineering.
• Experience of a Design Engineer role within the Aerospace sector.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. The Design Engineer will be an ambitious, inquisitive and credible professional who is able to work on their own initiative whilst contributing to team success through change activities and continuous two-way communication with diversity, flexibility and sensitivity in mind. The incumbent will possess excellent commercial acumen and be focused on continuous improvement and problem solving through an evidence-based methodical approach.

What We'll Offer

• A competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Hybrid working giving you the opportunity to balance home and office working.
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = well match your contributions up to 8% on a 1:1.5 basis.
• Life Assurance 8 x salary.
• 190 hours holiday + bank holidays.
• Income protection.
• Shopping discounts.
• Cycle To Work Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Hybrid Work Approach

We understand our employees thrive by working differently, what works for one may not work for another, offering different ways of working is core to us creating a great employee experience. We are pleased to provide a hybrid working approach enabling you to balance your time between working remotely and working in our offices. We are also keen for our employees to achieve a work-life balance so we are happy to discuss flexible working options with you should the role be able to accommodate it.

We are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.