Composites Design Engineer

Job Title

Composites Design Project Engineer - Special Projects

Coventry, UK

08:00-16:35 (Mon – Thu) 08:00-15:10 (Fri)

Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid

£45,000 - £55,000 (subject to experience) + Discretionary Bonus

Join NP Aerospace as a Composites Design Project Engineer, Special Projects, and help shape the next generation of advanced protective solutions.

This is an exciting opportunity for a hands‑on engineer with composites experience to work on technically challenging programmes across defence, vehicle armour and next‑generation personal product development.

In this role you will work closely with the Special Projects Director on a mix of internally funded and customer funded programmes that are shaping the next phase of NP Aerospace product development.

You will support certified composite platform armour solutions for customers in the UK, Europe and the US, contribute to cost reduction activity on established programmes, help develop structural composites capability linked to growth in unmanned systems, and play a key role in taking North American vehicle armour work from early testing through to integrated armour and spall liner solutions.

• Performance rewards – discretionary bonus opportunities
• Flex your day – flexible start and finish times (subject to manager approval and operational needs)
• Time to recharge – 25 days’ holiday + 8 bank holidays, with the option to buy more through our Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Support for Defence – two weeks’ paid leave for Reservists and Cadets, plus paid leave for Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs)
• Future security – competitive pension scheme (9% combined employer/employee contributions)
• Peace of mind – life cover at 3x base salary
• Health & wellbeing first – BHSF Cash Healthcare Plan to support everyday health costs
• Grow with us – career development and advancement opportunities within a global business
• Supportive environment – a team culture built on innovation, collaboration, and purpose

• Generating designs which may include material selection, defining processing parameters, CAD, drafting.
• Supporting design reviews ensuring verification and validation activities are demonstrated and documented.
• Technical support to the Design, Development, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering teams for proposed designs.
• Working closely with engineering and project teams both in NPA Coventry, NPA Canada and with the North American customer to successfully deliver project requirements.
• Undertake problem solving of design and product issues to resolve functional issues as they arise throughout the development and service life cycle.
• Developing specifications and test programmes, analysis and interpretation of test result data and the creation and delivery of reports to internal colleagues and external customers.
• Support the developmental component manufacture and providing schematics, CNC programming, manufacturing documentation / guidelines, hands on manufacturing support and training.
• Working alongside the business development and marketing departments to provide input into platform armour sales literature.
• Creation of product structures to ensure accurate capture of bill of materials
• Generation of drawings to support accurate recording of solutions tested and verified.
• Contribute to predicting future platform armour requirements to include in the “off the shelf” portfolio.
• Writing traceability requirements and build documentation to include in the documentation pack for the portfolio.
• Following all health and safety, quality and handling requirements for materials and processes.

The above is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required.

• Experience working with composite…