Lead Structures Designer - £48per hour inside ir35 - 12 months (extensions likely) - Bristol - Hybrid - one stage virtual interview - Sector: Aerospace

Yolk Recruitment are recruitment for a leader structures designer to work with a world-renowned aerospace company. This is an exciting opportunity to develop critical aerospace components for a next generation project.

This project offers the opportunity to develop multidisciplinary skills by working on the following subjects:

• Component design
• Structure architecture
• Systems and Equipment Integration
• Movable Integration
• Aircraft and Industrial Performance

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of Design engineering tasks and projects to quality, working with both the Technical and Project leaders to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Technical steering of internal designer, sub-contract, suppliers and partners.
• Lead Design investigations where required to enable DFM milestones to be met to time, cost & quality.
• Integration of the solutions within the Wing as well as other systems and structures of the Aircraft.
• Technical risk identification and mitigation support.
• Innovation in design and solution of technical challenges.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team (ME, Systems Installation, Procurement, Quality, Programme etc) to deliver an optimised solution for the business/customer.

Skills:

• Experience of the detailed development of metallic or composite structures.
• Worked closely with manufacturing to translate your designs into products and understand the key manufacturing processes, their limitations and the impact design decisions have on the product cost.
• A high level of proficiency with Catia V5 or V6.
• A delegation of Design Check and/or Design Approve or are on a path to delegation.
• Knowledge of product structures, 2D/3D definition dossiers and configuration management.