Graduate Aerospace Engineer – Safety Engineering

Job description

Reference number

2019-9730  

Publication date

15/05/2019

Job details

Category

OPERATIONS - ENGINEERING/PRODUCTION

Job title

Graduate Aerospace Engineer – Safety Engineering

Contract

Permanent contract

Contractual hours

Full time

Job description

Graduate Aerospace Engineer – Safety Engineering
Warwickshire

Are you a recent graduate in aerospace engineering and / or safety engineering? With several projects ongoing with a range of civil and military aerospace customers to support the safety and reliability aspects of their aircraft development programmes, we are looking to bolster our team with the next generation of engineers.
Working as part of a growing Safety and Human Factors team, you will interact closely with our customers’ teams and their suppliers to perform safety assessments on a range of systems and subsystems. We have diverse projects ranging across many technical discplines in aerospace, automotive and rail engineering in the UK and abroad which means that good opportunities for career development and travel are available for the right candidate.

Key Tasks and Accountabilities
·       Review documentation and challenge supplier analyses
·       Perform the following analysis activities as part of the overall project verification and validation program:
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) at functional and component level
-Reliability prediction
- Common Mode Analysis (CMA)
- Hazard analysis
·       Redaction of System Safety Assessment documentation for complex systems
·       Participation in design reviews
·       Support the design change process by estimating and validating the safety impacts of each modification.

Essential Skills & Knowledge Required
·       Masters or Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering or similar scientific based qualification
·       Able to own technical responsibility for a particular task or work package
·       Logical approach to problem solving and the ability to map out simple and effective processes
·       Awareness of the Systems Engineering Development Life Cycle and Certification Phases
·       Outgoing personality with the ability to interact with customers and suppliers at all levels

Benefits & Reward :
Excellent benefits including a generous company pension, private medical (cover for dependants) & income protection insurance, cycle to work and access to perkbox, an online platform providing discounts to leading UK brands. We promote a learning culture and a growth mindset, and provide access to 2500+ high quality online courses to every employee thorugh AKKA Udemy platform. We offer 28 annual holidays per year.
About AKKA :

Business Industry

Aeronautics

Profile

AKKA is an engineering and technology consultancy group which supports its clients to meet their technical and commercial challenges. We bring the power of a global capability and the unique position of being able to harness transnational flexibility whilst offering the benefit of a local presence with our clients. A truly integrated organisation, our business units work hand-in-hand to deliver complex international projects where the expertise of our consulting engineers has become a major asset for our clients.
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Job location

Job location

Europe, United Kingdom, West Midland, Warwickshire

Location

Brabazon Office Park 4, Golf Course Lane BS34 7PZ Bristol

Candidate criteria

Minimum level of education required

5. Bachelor Degree