We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to be based at our customer site at Gloucester on a full time basis (37 hours), with a potential for 2 days a week from home. DBS check might be required. The anticipated start date for the position is 01/05/2026. It's a one year fixed term contract for a start and may be extended.
As a Senior Design Engineer, you will be required to:
- Design and detail efficient landing gear systems for civil and military aircraft to meet demanding customer requirements
- Support the design and manufacturing of the landing gear systems
- Lead innovative mechanical design projects and ensuring robust, reliable, and cost-effective solutions across the product lifecycle
- Play a key role from concept design to detail design, configuration and technical documentation, and active collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure customer requirements and industry standards are met
Key responsibilities
- Support all aspects of concept to detail design throughout the life cycle of our landing gear programmes
- Support all aspects of product configuration
- Ensure accuracy and compliance with Safran’s configuration management processes
- Use of up-to-date technology including computer based programmes and systems: CAD (CATIA V5 preferred), 3D Modelling, 2D Draughting, data management systems
- Design to meet exacting customer requirements and industry standards
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations to customers and stakeholders
- Interface closely with team members, chief engineers, programme management, manufacturing and colleagues at other Safran sites
- Work closely with manufacturing to reduce non-conformances on products and facilitate manufacturability
- Liaise with other sites to assist with the offload of packages of work
- Participate in design verification activities, including working towards design check signatory status
- Mentor / coach junior team members to promote knowledge transfer and upskilling within the team.
- Comply with industry standards, regulations & qualification requirement