Aerospace Machining Research Lead

3 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom GKN Aerospace Full time

GKN Aerospace is a pioneering company in the field of aerospace engineering, dedicated to creating innovative solutions that push the boundaries of air travel. Our commitment to sustainability is unwavering, as we strive to minimize our environmental footprint while maximizing our impact on the industry.

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Machining Research Engineer to lead technical work and budgeting, schedule and risk in the product lifecycle, progressing research activities in the TRL1-6 range. This role requires the ability to translate complex engineering principles to a wide audience, achieving tasks and long-term goals through others.

The successful candidate will be responsible for collaborating with academic partners to tackle technical challenges, supporting Work Stream leads and Project Managers in advancing TRL for metallic manufacturing technologies. They will prepare technology development plans and business cases, maintain and update project plans, ensuring progress towards deliverables and milestones.

This role also involves visiting ecosystem partners to discuss, agree on project work, and check progress. The candidate will operate equipment for experimentation and analysis, contribute to multi-year planning and funding proposals, perform technical work, maintain detailed records, analyze data, and create technical reports.

To succeed in this role, you will require hands-on experience in machining and one or more core metallic manufacturing technologies such as forming, metallic additive manufacturing. You should have experience of planning and managing research projects and budgets of £50k+, technical report writing, and a higher degree qualification such as a Masters, PhD, or EngD.

A competitive salary is offered, dependent on experience, along with opportunities to earn up to 15% bonus. We offer hybrid working arrangements, giving you the flexibility to balance home and office working. Our industry-leading pension scheme matches your contributions up to 8%, and we provide life assurance, 25 days holiday, shopping discounts, Cycle to Work Scheme, and Employee Assistance Programme.



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