Senior Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)

TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel

LOCATION: Filton

TYPE: Full time

Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, various optional salary sacrifice benefits, shopping discounts and much more

Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours, hybrid working (3 days on site) and flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday

Personal Development: Personalised development plan and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities

Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation

Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site

Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

In addition to a competitive base salary, this role includes a flexible benefits allowance of up to £250/£350 per month (grade dependent), giving you the freedom to choose the rewards that matter most to you

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (F&DT) Analysis Engineer to join the Wing Analysis Engineering team  you passionate about developing wing structures and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams? We are a team of structural engineers, technical experts, and project managers committed to delivering innovative technical solutions to support wing analysis across our aircraft programs.

Structural Integrity & Authorisation: Lead the resolution of complex structural analysis challenges, acting as F&DT approval signatory and progressing toward full structural authorisation for critical wing deliverables.

Certification & Methodology: Define, validate, and revise the core assumptions, sizing rules, and analytical methods used to certify Outer Wing structures to CS-25 airworthiness standards.

Regulatory & Technical Liaison: Serve as a primary technical focal point representing Wing Engineering to Technical Authorities, Chief Engineering, and Airworthiness Bodies (such as EASA).

Cross-Disciplinary Innovation: Introduce advanced engineering solutions, best practices, and modern ways of working drawn from aerospace, adjacent high-tech industries, or cutting-edge research environments.

Strategic Product Direction: Shape wing product strategy from a F&DT analysis perspective, identifying and deploying digital process improvements, automated sizing tools, and structural weight-saving opportunities.

Technical Mentorship: Drive the technical capability of the team by coaching engineers in both first-principles stress analysis and technical decision-making.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and competences:

Signatory Credentials: Established track record as a Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Approval signatory, with the competence and background to attain full structural Authorisation.

Methods & Toolsets: Detailed…