Principal & Dynamics Engineer

Principal Performance & Dynamics Engineer

The future of aircraft engineering, developed by you.

Department:
Systems Integration & Test

Team:
Performance & Dynamics

Reports to:

Systems Integration Engineering Group Leader

As Principal Performance & Dynamics Engineer, you will serve as a technical specialist responsible for Performance and Dynamics (P&D) analysis of mechanical and hydraulic systems, with application to aircraft landing gears, including shock-absorbers, extension/retraction and steering systems. Responsibilities include supporting requirements definition, validation and verification, and contributing to the development of analysis methods and tools.

The role will also support the creation of strategies related to P&D activities across assigned programmes. In addition, the position involves mentoring and coaching team members to share technical knowledge and expertise.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and progress, with investment being made on site it’s an exciting time to join our growing local team!

• Early finish on a Friday, giving you time to recharge.
• 25 days of holiday, plus UK Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell days.
• Annual bonus and share scheme options.
• Generous pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions, and life assurance at 4x your salary.
• Onsite parking including EV chargers, subsidised restaurant, bicycle storage, and shower facilities.
• Wide range of flexible benefits and working options, enhanced maternity and family friendly benefits.

What do I need to succeed in the role?

• Experience of landing gear structures and systems
• Experience of dynamic analysis and computational modelling and simulation
• Model correlation and validation experience
• Knowledge of airworthiness requirements and certification for landing gear and equipment
• Experience of using MATLAB/Simulink, MSC ADAMS, and AMESim
• Proficient in coding, e.g. Python
• Ability and willingness to communicate and work with all disciplines of engineering and external suppliers
• Coaching
• Communication Skills
• Technical Leadership
• Decision making skills
• Technical problem-solving skills

Minimum of HNC level in an engineering discipline with relevant experience in an engineering discipline.

At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.

We also know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don’t meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experiences relevant to the requirements of this role.

We will consider all applicants who meet the minimum requirements regardless of their age, identity or background.

Please apply by uploading a CV, and if your experience matches what we’re looking for, one of our recruitment team will give you a call.

Offers of employment will be subject to a relevant level of company security vetting, which may include a criminal record check.

Join Safran and discover what we could achieve, together!

Your main responsibilities in this role will be:

• Act as a technical expert for the P&D team, providing high level technical guidance as and when required.
• Actively partake in the Safran Landing Systems Experts Network, sharing best practice across the SLS group. SLS expert as a minimum.
• Use technical expertise to influence and guide industry standards, working closely with specific industry bodies. This may require some global travel.
• Act as a mentor and coach to the wider P&D team, sharing technical knowledge.
• Technical decision-making responsibility for relevant and assigned programme/project.
• Provide solutions to technical problems within P&D.
• Airworthiness technical signatory responsibilities for the P&D domain.
• Build computational models and run simulations.
• Support technical audits.
• Calculate static and dynamic loads.
• Conduction performance and frequency response analyses.
• Conduct stability, shimmy, modal analysis and failure case analyses.
• Correlate and validate computational models.
• Write and…