Senior Research Specialist

**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 13 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 Summary**:
GKN’s Global Technology Centre (GTC) in Filton, Bristol is a £32m state of the art technology research and manufacturing process development facility which is a hub for world-class innovative technology for the next generation of fuel-efficient aircraft. It includes a collaborative space for research and development with universities, the UK’s CATAPULT network and GKN Aerospace’s UK supply chain, to help strengthen aerospace technology and support the UK’s Industrial strategy. We are seeking to recruit a Senior research specialist to focus on the development of process models simulations, with specific focus on the development of deposition based additive manufacturing (3D Printing). You will develop thermo-fluid simulations of Laser Welding and 3D Printing techniques and advance our understanding of the enablers to make simulation part of our day-to-day engineering toolkit.

You will combine strong scientific and computing knowledge to deliver cost effective, meaningful and impactful simulations of a state-of-the-art manufacturing technique

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop robust simulation methodologies which accurately model the behaviour of Direct Energy Deposition Based Additive manufacturing, as well as laser welding
- Act as technical champion for simulation of welding processes
- Understand and capture requirements and convert into executable plans
- Model and simulate development work and development trials required to meet Work Package/Work Stream delivery objectives
- Raise and issue high quality and detailed technical documentation, which is accurate and delivered on time
- Engage between departments to develop and optimise computational infrastructure to enable simulation capability within the Global Technology Centre’s
- Develop basic capability in colleagues to enable them to perform their own simulation work

**How You'll Contribute**:
To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
**Essential**:

- Substantial experience in thermofluid simulation and process modelling
- Experience in the generation and testing of code (Mathworks Matlab, C++, C#, or Python)
- Experience delivering complex development activities according to plans
- Experience developing and executing trials and testing including both planning and costing

**Desirable**:

- Experience of the optimisation of computational resources
- Experience working in Physics, thermal mechanical modelling or fluid simulation
- Experience in Finite Element Analysis, Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics or other Numerical Techniques
- Experience in welding or metallic additive manufacturing
- Background in manufacturing

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. To be successful in this role you will have the ability to present complex concepts to non-specialist staff in an eloquent and structured way. We are looking for someone with a growing network in this specialist field, capable of identify and engage in the development of collaboration opportunities.

**What We'll Offer**:
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

- Opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus
- Hybrid working - giving you the opportunity to balance home and office working
- Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
- Life Assurance 8 x salary
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Income protection
- Shopping discounts
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A collaborative, dynamic working environment

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you

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.