Composites Design Engineer

• Overview

  Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated Engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

  Joining a team of composite designers working to develop the next generation fighter Aircraft, supporting a world leading Aerospace company.  

  Responsibilities

  • Specialising in the use of Composites in Primary and Secondary Structural Design,
  • Development and detail design of Composite structures
  • Interfacing with specialists, manufacturing facilities and external suppliers, thus comprehending, analysing problems in order to arrive at the best solution
  • Assist in ensuring that the composite structure design is delivered in line with programme requirements
  • Releasing model based definition of composite structure to aerospace standards allowing manufacturers to produce the parts efficiently. DFM.
  • Assist in defining the most effective way to meet the Means of Compliance standards required in terms of Time, Cost and Quality.
  • Generating alternate proposals when required.

  Qualifications

  • Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

  Essential skills

  • Good fundamental knowledge of Aircraft Structures.
  • Hands on experience of developing and building composite structure to a given standard.
  • Detailed understanding of composite design using multiple materials and methods.
  • Experience and proficiency using CATIA V5 Solid Modelling, Surfacing, Composite Work bench (CPD),
  • Experience using Siemens NX package is beneficial
  • FiberSIM, Composite development, CEE (Ply By Ply) and ACEE (Zonal) workbenches preferred, but not essential as training will be given.
  • PLM Teamcentre

  Experience

  • Experience of certifying to aerospace standards.
  • Experience in communicating with management, as well as technical and business teams to collect requirements, describe product features and technical designs.

  Benefits

  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

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  • As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

  “We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

   

  We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive