Structures Engineer

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France, and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Spirit AeroSystems is actively developing technologies that will enable zero carbon emission flight. As our research in this field expands, we are growing the Prestwick team based at our state-of-the-art research and technology development facility, the Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC). The AIC showcases Spirit’s distinctive capabilities as a global centre for design and digital manufacturing of current and future aircraft. Partnering with Universities, industry leaders, and the UK’s CATAPULT network, the AIC is a focal point to collaborate, innovate, train and develop skills for today and tomorrow. Spirit is developing structures and systems technologies to enable our industries transition to net zero emissions. This exciting opportunity requires candidates to work in an agile, diverse and fast paced environment developing cutting edge technologies for aerostructures and future fuels integration.

The successful candidate will deliver expert structural analysis and integrate across our design, R&D, systems, and test teams in a rapid design, build and test environment. R&D areas of focus include metallics, composites, future fuels storage and integration, digital factory & harnessing new developments in IT. Diversity and inclusion are key to innovation. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in the industry.

Role Purpose

To perform analysis of structural designs to ensure that the product meets all necessary structural requirements (static, fatigue, damage tolerance, etc.). This opportunity, based at our Prestwick campus, offers:

• 37 hour working week (half day Friday).
• 33 days holiday per year, rising with service.
• Annual Bonus related to company performance.
• Defined contribution pension scheme (default contributions; 4% employee and 8% employer).
• Virtual GP Service 365 days per year.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• A wide range of flexible benefits.
• Death in service payment (default 4 times basic salary).
• Cycle To Work Scheme.
• Professional development and growth.
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment.

Responsibilities

• Performs analysis to prescribed methods using provided toolset.
• Checks own work to ensure that correct results are presented.
• Identifies areas of process improvement and presents ideas to direct management for approval to implement.
• Works with the multi-functional team to develop new concepts and architectures to solve engineering challenges.
• Works closely with other Structures engineers to achieve common Programme goals.
• Liaises with Design discipline to ensure consistency of output.
• Produces reports for approval by more senior engineers.

Qualifications

• Typically requires an honours degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• Approximately 2+ years relevant experience.
• Experience is typically in applying tools and methods (e.g. Nastran/Patran, OEM methods, etc.).
• In addition, experience of working in an office environment and using general business IT packages (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.).
• Additional relevant knowledge, experience and product knowledge could offset the normal qualification requirements.

Decision Making Authority

• Approves others work to ensure Company, Customer and Regulatory requirements are met.
• Identifies and implements methods and techniques to be used within own particular work area.
• Assesses and recommends methods and techniques to be used for the BU.
• Makes decisions in how to perform own work using prescribed tools and methods to ensure delivery to required timescales.
• Identifies and implements improvements in performing own work.
• Identifies to higher management improvements that can benefit the business.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented team members with the skills and passion to become the best at what they do.

Closing Date: Monday, 9th June at 12pm

External applicants should be aware that as part of our pre-employment checks, preferred candidates must complete:

• Right to Work in the UK check
• Employment Reference check
• Disclosure Scotland check
• Pre-employment Medical

Spirit will facilitate these checks via our chosen service provider. Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.