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Technologist - Aerospace Technology Institute

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Cranfield / Hybrid Working

Salary: Competitive

The Role

This role is part of the Technology Team, who have responsibility for

• Developing an ambitious technology strategy for the aerospace sector,
• Executing the strategy through the shaping of project ideas and consortia,
• Assessment of project proposals against alignment with the strategy, innovation ambition, business need and market opportunity, exploitation route and economic benefits
• Challenging and supporting the sector through independent thought leadership and work to enhance ATI capability and influence that ultimately adds value for the UK economy and sector.

The Technology function is split into four key focus areas, each led by the respective Head of Technology: Sustainability & Strategy, Whole Aircraft, Advanced Systems and Propulsion, and Structures, Manufacturing and Materials.

Responsibilities will include:

• Developing technology roadmaps in assigned areas to contribute to development of the UK aerospace technology strategy, and to ensure the technology developments are aligned with products, manufacturing and market opportunities.
• Building ATI technical capabilities in analysis of aircraft technologies to inform understanding of technology gaps and opportunities
• Developing our external networks with industry OEMs and their supply chains including SMEs, research organisations and academia
• Understanding the technology challenges, priorities, and solutions from industry leaders and technology experts
• Encouraging creation and shaping of project ideas and project consortia, in alignment with ATI strategy, that will deliver ATI funded technology development projects
• Reviewing, assessing and providing feedback on technology development project proposals for grant funding
• Supporting the government on review and development of aerospace sector opportunities
• Delivering and facilitating some of our mission-critical workshops
• Working in collaboration with other ATI teams, including the Programme delivery, Strategy and Innovation teams to deliver key objectives

This is an opportunity to join an organisation that is leading the strategic direction of the UK civil aerospace sector and deliver a tangible impact for UK Industry, with a unique level of exposure to the full spectrum of innovation and technological development in the UK civil aerospace sector.

Required skills, competencies and behaviours:

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Mathematics or Physical Sciences
• Ideally has professional working experience in the civil aerospace sector or adjacent sectors (such as defence or automotive) in a research, technology or engineering development focussed role
• Ideally has academic research or industrial experience developing advanced systems or propulsion technologies for civil aerospace or adjacent sectors (such as defence or automotive).
• Capable of strategic and independent thinking with supervision.
• May have exposure to or appreciation of technology roadmapping
• May have led research and technology programmes in industry or in academia with industry partners.
• May demonstrate a working knowledge of UK or EU government funding for research & technology programmes.
• Preferably used to working in collaborative technology projects or programmes with multiple partners

Personal qualities:

• Team working and organisational skills.
• Confident to engage networks across multiple, diverse stakeholders, including engaging with entrepreneurs, technical experts, investors, corporate executives, and government officials with supervision.
• Self-starter with drive to deliver high performance with integrity in work.
• Diplomatic and good at influencing, with supervision.
• Open-minded and forward-thinking to drive progress in innovation and technology.
• Positive, can-do attitude in the face of challenges.
• Comfortable with a high level of ambiguity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; willingness to represent ATI and the UK aerospace sector at conferences and other events.

The ATI must continue to innovate how it delivers and take a leading role in the development of technologies to meet net zero targets for aviation. The ATI believes that equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace are essential to achieving these ambitious objectives.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

ATI Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Attractive pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Professional development training
• Paid membership to one professional body per year
• Hybrid working, including core hours
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and additional Christmas leave
• Company Maternity & Paternity Pay
• 30 days Company Sick Pay

About Aerospace Technology Institute

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) is an independent company established as a collaboration between the Government and Industry to set the UK’s aerospace technology strategy and fund a wide variety of various transformative research and technology projects, securing the UK’s global leadership in aerospace technology.

The ATI’s objective is to enable aviation to reduce its environmental impact by setting the national civil aerospace technology strategy, providing thought leadership on all aspects of the future of flight and funding industrial research projects that secure jobs, maintain skills, and deliver economic benefits across the UK.

The UK government announced continued support for the Institute to 2031, with R&D funding of £975m. This will be matched by industry, generating circa £2bn for UK aerospace R&D funding, building on the £3.2bn invested to date.

In 2022 ATI launched its latest technology strategy, Destination Zero , which sets the path towards achieving net zero carbon emissions for commercial aircraft by 2050 and positioning the UK as a leader in sustainable design, manufacture, assembly and operations.

Setting out the priorities for investment, Destination Zero provides guidance and roadmaps for technological developments across three focus areas: zero-carbon emission aircraft technologies, ultra-efficient aircraft technologies, and cross-cutting enabling technologies and infrastructure.

A key focus for the ATI is the development of opportunities that take forward the recommendations from its FlyZero project, an intensive independent research study investigating zero-carbon emission commercial flight.

Having been established for 10 years, the ATI continues evolving with ambitious plans to deliver on its mission of transforming aerospace through technology and innovation. The UK aerospace sector is going through a major change cycle to meet its sustainability responsibilities, which entails substantial technology investment and development.