Project Engineer, Systems Engineer

️We're Hiring:
Project Engineer  

📍 Crawley, West Sussex (Hybrid) | 🕒 Full-time, Permanent

Are you a hands-on Project Engineer with a passion for working in aerospace engineering environments? Do you enjoy taking ownership of complex engineering challenges from initial design through to testing and delivery?

We're looking for an experienced engineer who can combine strong technical capability with project leadership, customer engagement and supplier management.

At Unum Aircraft Seating, we're redefining business class comfort with smart, adaptable and reliable lie-flat seating solutions. Our products are designed to deliver exceptional passenger comfort while meeting the highest standards of safety, quality and efficiency.

Unum Aircraft Seating;
Reliably comfortable, responsibly made.

🚀 Why Join Unum?

Be part of a growing, ambitious company transforming the aircraft seating industry
Work on premium products with real-world impact
Join a collaborative culture focused on innovation, sustainability and quality

Fantastic benefits including:
- Competitive salary
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays
- Early finish on Fridays 🎉
- Flexible start and finish times
- Hybrid working options  
- Three attractive pension scheme options
- Electric car & cycle-to-work schemes
- Access to employee discounts and wellbeing platform 🔧What you will be doing as a Project Engineer at Unum  

As Project Engineer, you'll lead and coordinate engineering activities across the design, development, testing and delivery of our aircraft seating products.

You'll combine hands-on engineering with project, supplier and customer management, acting as a key technical interface between Engineering, Programme Management, Test, FEA, Procurement, Suppliers, Customers and Integrators.

Your key responsibilities include;

Engineering & Design

Lead product and component requirements across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Maintain aircraft interfaces, clearances and design requirements.
Review engineering designs and technical documentation to ensure programme, customer and regulatory requirements are met. Analysis & Testing

Analysis cabin space and ensure compliance to regulation
Define and coordinate test activities
Review results and drive design improvements where required. Project & Technical Leadership

Plan and manage engineering activities, priorities and deliverables against programme milestones.
Coordinate design, testing, suppliers and production.
Identify and resolve technical and programme issues, escalating risks where required.
Longer term responsibility to coordinate engineering resources and drive assigned activities through to completion. Commercial Management

Provide engineering input to bids, cost estimates, procurement and commercial activities.  Customer & Integrator Interface

Act as a key engineering interface with customers and system integrators.
Lead engineering content for key programme reviews, including ITCM, PDR and CDR  
Build strong customer relationships and proactively resolve technical issues. Engineering Area / Application Lead

Own engineering deliverables for assigned areas or applications.
Coordinate cross-functional support and ensure activities remain on schedule.
Report progress, risks and issues to the wider business.
🧠 What we Look For in you as our Project Engineer  

A degree in Mechanical Engineering, or similar.
Strong engineering design and problem-solving capability.
Ability to work at both detailed component and overall product level.
Strong project management and organisational skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against challenging schedules.
Effective leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, suppliers, customers and senior stakeholders.
Commercial awareness and understanding of cost drivers.
Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
Proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical and programme issues.
Ability to take ownership and drive activities through to completion.
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