Senior Design Engineer in Fareham

Eaton's Aerospace business, located in Titchfield, Hampshire, is a global leader in aerospace fuel systems.

The Senior Engineer – Design will be responsible for the product design activities for aircraft fuel and inerting system components. The role will deliver the product design activities for a wide range of aircraft pumps, valves and actuator products spanning the complete product lifecycle from concept development, detailed design, development, verification and qualification through to post‑design support.

Producing models and detailed manufacturing drawings using CREO 3D CAD package is preferred; experience with mechanical and electro‑mechanical product design is essential.

• Generate designs of aircraft fuel system products to meet customer requirements using 3D CAD (CREO).
• Complete tolerance lineups, detailed drawings, DFMEAs, Engineering Change Requests, customer approval paperwork and other design‑related activities.
• Participate in DFMA activities.
• Investigate non‑conformance requests, provide general technical support, manage obsolescence, and provide robust technical justifications for decisions.
• Drive to meet turnaround time goals and commitment dates for closure of engineering activities.
• Review and provide clear documentation (marked‑up prints) of changes required to drawings to address manufacturing/supplier issues such as obsolescence, manufacturing easement, cost reduction, and component definition.
• Support the process of creating customer approval paperwork where required, to gain approval for permanent design changes.
• Provide technical authority to sign off non‑conformance requests and detailed manufacturing drawings.
• Design approval for in‑service and cost‑out projects where required.
• Present designs at preliminary, critical, and detailed design reviews, both internal and customer.
• Present and attend assessments of non‑conformance requests and drawing change applications at material and change review boards.

The successful candidate will have excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills enabling them to execute their activities to quality, cost, and time commitments. Previous experience in a safety‑critical arena such as aerospace, automotive, rail, or nuclear industry would be advantageous, although applicants from other high‑technology engineering backgrounds will be considered.

Qualifications:

• Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• At least four to seven years of engineering experience in a relevant professional engineering environment, ideally gained in the aerospace or equivalent high‑technology industry.
• Electro/Mechanical Engineering, ideally of aircraft fuel system products.
• Knowledge of encapsulation products used on electrical/electronic components would be useful.

Skills:

• Good organisational and planning skills with an ability to communicate well with customers (internal and external).
• Confidence in own technical ability, decisiveness, and firmness.
• Capability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure.
• Strong collaborative skills.
• Strong problem‑solving skills.
• Solutions‑driven with good documentation practice.
• Excellent time management and project/task prioritisation skills.
• Strong customer‑focus mindset.
• Willingness to adopt flexible work patterns when required to meet business needs.
• Willingness and ability to work with engineers and production staff at all levels.
• Responsiveness to the needs of the task in hand.
• Design experience with electro/mechanical machines and electronic packaging and cooling.
• Working knowledge that can immediately be used with Design for Six Sigma activities.
• Experience with investment castings and the subsequent machining of them.
• Meeting design‑to‑cost targets.
• Proven CREO experience at producing detailed manufacturing drawings.

No relocation benefit is offered for this position. The successful applicant will be in contact with US ITAR‑controlled technology, goods and information. As a condition of employment, employees with access to US ITAR‑controlled technology and goods may be required to undergo an additional screening process as part of the recruitment process. Legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom without company sponsorship now or in the future.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.