Wind Tunnel Model Designer

Job description

Job Description:

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)

TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel within UK and international

LOCATION: Filton, Bristol (Min. 60% of your working week must be onsite)

TYPE: Full time

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

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Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more

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Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday

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Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities

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Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation

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Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site

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Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight ( #ZEROe ) to cleaning up space , sustainability is at the heart of our purpose . So what's your next change?

Do you love the complete process of designing a structure, modelling the design in a CAD package and then liaising with manufacturers to ensure it can be made to the right time and cost?  Are you looking for variety and challenges, where every project is different and moves quickly from a clean sheet of paper to a physical prototype?  If so, you are just the person we need to design our sophisticated wind tunnel models.  

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

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Design wind tunnel models in Catia V5 and ensure they can be easily manufactured and assembled, liaising closely with suppliers to ensure they can deliver.

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Take pride in other designers, both in our internal team and in the supply chain, delivering designs under your leadership.

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Enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary, international team to share ideas and come up with novel solutions.

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Love developing your own technical know-how and relish new, bigger challenges or problems to solve.

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Keen to develop structural analysis of wind tunnel models in the Catia Elfini package.

ABOUT YOU

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Mechanical engineering experience.

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Good, hands on design skills, ideally in Catia V5.

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Knowledge of design for manufacture of metallic structures.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.

HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.

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.

Company:
Airbus Operations Limited

Employment Type:
Permanent

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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Flight & Space Physics

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