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Airbus - Bristol (Bristol, United Kingdom) Landing Gear Experts


Job Description
Due to the expanding workload several vacancies have arisen for Landing Gear Experts on the Airbus Filton site in Bristol. We have positions available within the Landing Gear Structures Analysis department and within the Landing Gear Systems department.

As a Landing Gear Structures Analysis Engineer your main tasks would include:-

• Carry out structural analysis and checks on Landing Gear and equipment suppliers analyses to assess solutions for a range of tasks including design, certification, concessions, modifications, test, and in-service support.
• Review and comment on supplier analysis and justification reports and deliver fully approved and authorized technical reports to programme leaders, Structures, Airworthiness and Chief Engineers.
• Responsible for structures acceptance and approval of Landing Gears and equipment (level 2 signatory).
• Technical Liaison with specialists in fatigue and damage tolerance, materials and processes, finite element analysis, and other a/c structural analysis disciplines to ensure structural integrity.
• Support structural analysis aspects of supplier audits and delegated authority processes.
• Provide Landing Gear Structural Analysis and certification principles/expertise into Landing Gear and equipment Research & Development projects (e.g. materials, loads monitoring, taxiing and optimization).
• Support reviews and ensure that decisions are robust and applications are feasible and deliverables appropriate to aircraft application.
• Support and deliver business improvements in line with Airbus objectives (Lean Engineering).
• Ensure good working relationships with customers are developed and maintained.

For these roles, we are looking for candidates who are educated to Degree level with a minimum of 5 years experience within any of the following areas: Landing Gear, aerospace hydro-mechanical systems, automotive mechanical systems (gear boxes, drive trains, suspensions), nuclear energy, power stations, hydraulic Actuators, large marine, oil rigs. You would be expected to carry out hand stress analysis on various structural components. You would therefore need to possess a sound understanding of aerospace engineering processes and activities and be capable of creating structural policies and coordinate buy-off for Landing Gear. You would need to be able to do technical assessments and produce technical reports.


Main activities for Landing Gear Systems Engineers include:-

• Specify, develop and provide technical support for the Main, Nose, Body and Centre Landing Gears for all Airbus Aircrafts.
• Ensure Landing Gear Design Integration involving the monitoring of vendor designs for compliance with the Airbus requirements and integrating the Landing Gear with the relevant specific Landing Gear design elements with all the other relevant skill areas (i.e. Structural Analysis, Design Installation, Loads and Dynamics etc) into the Aircraft and the associated operating systems.
• Verifying and validating (through reviews and definition) the activities required to qualify/certify that the equipment meets the design objectives i.e. analysis, rig testing and flight testing.
• Production of verification documentation.
• Assist the Team Leaders in managing the Suppliers, ensuring that requirements are clear and the deliverables are received on time, right first time.

For these roles, we are looking for candidates with an Engineering Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical / Aeronautical Engineering plus at least 5 years post graduate experience in the Aerospace industry or similar. A background in Mechanical / Hydraulic engineering and the ability to derive detailed design requirements from first principles are a must. We prefer candidates with experience in Aircraft Systems and Landing Gear (or a similar large complex mechanical engineering project) and an overall appreciation of aircraft design. You would need to be able to work as an interface with the business and external parties, such as vendors and suppliers. Good administrative and communication skills and a proactive approach to problem solving are therefore required for these positions.

If you are interested in becoming part of the Landing Gear Engineering teams at Airbus, please apply now.
Company Description
Airbus, an EADS Company headquartered in Toulouse, France, is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus in the UK is responsible for the design, manufacture and assembly of all wings for the Airbus family of aircraft.

Airbus in the UK has a workforce of around 12,000 people based at two sites; Broughton in Flintshire, North Wales and Filton in Bristol. Broughton has 6,500 employees and at Filton there are 5,500. More than 400 UK companies supply to Airbus and 100,000 jobs in the UK are secured by Airbus work.


Type: Full-time
Experience:Mid-Senior level
Functions:Engineering 
Industries:Aviation & Aerospace 
Employer Job ID:10135078
Job ID:1612597