Job Description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.Job SummaryTo develop, integrate and implement technical solutions and compliance documentation compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.The primary job responsibility is to work on Aero Engine components and to take complete ownership of his or her work on various tasks involved in Design Engineering. Candidate shall support independently or with minimal supervision on FE calculations and verification of aero-engine components. The execution will be in accordance with established design practices and work instructions.Candidate should able to take up quickly necessary activities to evaluate and justify non-conformances and field issues in cross functional environment. He or she shall drive and lead product improvements activities, method development and continuous improvement activities through various internal forums of GKN.Job ResponsibilitiesIndividual contributor working in Design engineering delivering analysis tasks mainly Solid mechanics & thermal for a part / product in line with functional KPI of the organization.
Supporting the structural design process to ensure required quality is achieved within direct area of responsibility
Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency
Develop, implement, and check technical solutions and compliance documentation to ensure they are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.
Identify technical problems and apply/integrate solutions.
Execute and implement methods plans, toolsets and approaches that are appropriate and compliant to achieve the design and programme objectives.
Identify and assess technical risk for own work and propose mitigations within assigned programmes/projects.
Generate assigned project deliverables, documents, and reports according to the project signature authorizations.
Support technical and customer reviews, including formal gate reviews, including the creation and preparation of technical data and presentations of product design.
Process documentation such as concessions and non-conformances, and provide technical support by implementing solutions to address non-conforming products, designs, and compliance documentation.
Perform all activities at a level of minimal supervision and support other engineers with peer-to-peer reviews.
Identify improvements and support the creation of work instructions, procedures, technical manuals, and guidelines.Job QualificationsGeneral:Must possess an appropriate level of engineering functional knowledge with experience or knowledge of working/interfacing with other Engineering & Manf. Eng. disciplines (including customers and suppliers) in order to successfully execute the functional project team(s) objectives.
Must have an awareness of the Aerospace industry and in the functional area the project/programme is responsible for (e.g. Design, Analysis, ME, etc.) in order to successfully support the whole of the IPT in achieving the overall business objectives.
Must possess a good level of technical problem solving skills.
Essential:Masters or Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Must have 5-10years\' experience in Stress/Thermal/ life analysis through FEM
Excellent fundamentals in Solid Mechanics
Experience in performing structural analysis to verify various product requirements
Ability to interpret results, applying physics and propose design solutions
Knowledge of tools such as Simcenter3D, HYPERMESH and ANSYS, for meshing and analysis along with demonstrated capability in using these tools effectively
Good product knowledge related to aero engines
Contributed to the technical development of processes, products or people
Customization and Programming skills, preferably using ANYSYS APDL/PythonDesirable:Good communication skills in English both oral and written
Good technical report writing skills
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Self-driven individual who can expand his/her skills with on-job training
Ability to work as a team player in a fast paced and deadline driven environment
LEAN culture and mind-set
Personal Attributes:Be capable of:
Contribute to teams through change activities, ensuring continuous two way communication.
Focus on continuous improvement and problem solving.
Commit to relationship building with customers and colleagues.
Work effectively with diverse groups of people.
Consistently demonstrate the following attributes and values:
Recognise what people need from you and respond flexibly.
Demonstrates interpersonal sensitivity.
Builds confidence in others.
Hunger for continuous learning, growth and curiosity.
Stretch out of comfort zone.
Personal knowledge:
Knows what drives profit within their business area.
Knows the key stakeholders.
In depth knowledge of own industry and customers.We\'ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of WorkingEveryone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we\'ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It's a culture that won us \'The Best Workplace Culture Award\'. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.

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