Principal Metallurgist

Airbus Defence and Space is seeking a highly skilled Principal Metallurgist to join our team in Stevenage, working on spacecraft within the Materials and Process department.

The successful candidate will provide technical solutions to materials-related issues arising during design, manufacture, and test of flight hardware, ensuring correct materials qualification for mission-specific requirements.

Security Clearance: The candidate will be subject to a BPSS check to undertake related work in accordance with business needs.

Travel Requirements: Occasional international travel may be required.

• Financial Rewards: Competitive salary, annual profit share, pension enhancements up to 8%, shopping discounts, and car leasing scheme.
• Work-Life Balance: 37-hour week, flexible working around core hours, Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL, and option to buy/sell holiday.
• Personal Development: Personalized development plan, unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility, and international opportunities.
• Health and Wellbeing: Wellbeing benefits, including 24/7 online GP and mental health support, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted family health and dental insurance, and lunchtime yoga/meditation.
• Family and Caregiving: Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave and caregiving.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the selection process, please let us know.

Airbus Defence and Space Limited is an equal opportunities employer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing Materials and Processes (M&P) support to project and equipment procurement.
• Critiquing qualification, test plans, and data analysis of data and approving test reports.
• Leading non-conformances responses, including investigations into failures, requiring a good understanding of laboratory techniques.
• Supporting and leading R&D activities.
• Authorizing changes to Parts Materials and Processes (PMP) specifications and associated documentation.
• Chairing Materials and Process Review Boards (MPCB) and managing technical performance of subcontractors, suppliers, and in-house manufacturing.
• Supporting, coaching, and guiding junior Materials Engineers, Graduates, and Interns.

About You:

• A good understanding of spacecraft equipment is ideal, but we will consider candidates from other industries with strong experience in related metallurgical technologies.
• A strong understanding of metallurgy (aluminum, titanium, and stainless steel) is essential.
• You will hold a Metallurgy, Materials Science, Physics degree or related degree with a proven track record of industrial experience.
• Demonstrable skill for conducting qualification test programmes for specific applications.
• Demonstrable experience of various metal joining methods (welding, brazing, fasteners).
• Knowledge of metallic additive manufacturing technologies would be an asset.
• Practical application of Spacecraft Parts Materials and Processes (PMP) requirements - ECSS.Q.ST.70C would be an asset.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations.

Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

How We Can Support You:

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we'll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for the selection process.

Airbus Defence and Space Limited is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment.