Gas Turbine Design Engineer

Aerospace

A Gas Turbine Design Engineer is required to join an engineering team who are working on the design and development of light helicopters for the global market. The company design, develop and manufacture their products in the UK.

With extensive financial backing and a growing order book they are seeking to grow their engineering team and require Gas Turbine Design Engineers to join their team. The Gas Turbine Design Engineer will drive current and future gas turbine engine programmes forward, working with an engineering team to develop mechanical design schemes and detailed designs of Gas Turbine parts and assemblies.

• An excellent opportunity to work on highly innovative projects using your skills and experience to deliver iconic aircraft to the global market
• Exciting opportunity to work for a pioneering British owned company and share in their growing success as a fast:growing organisation
• Work within a smaller engineering team where outstanding performance is recognised and rewarded
• Highly competitive salary with extensive benefits

• Develop mechanical design schemes and detailed designs of Gas Turbine parts and assemblies.
• Develop rotating and stationary components.
• Develop cast, fabricated and machined parts and assemblies.
• Develop schemes for controlling tolerance stacks and critical fits and clearances.
• Creating high quality 3D CAD models of engine parts and assemblies.
• Work with the production team to ensure parts and assemblies are robustly optimised for efficient manufacture.
• Creating high quality technical drawings and documentation.

• BSc/BEng in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or HNC/HDC with equivalent experience)
• Proficient in modelling parts and assemblies in 3D CAD (ideally, but not essential CREO, training provided)
• Proficient in producing detailed manufacturing drawings.
• Experience with a PLM system (ideally Windchill, training provided)
• Experience with typical gas turbine materials, processes and practices.
• Experience with small gas turbine engines is considered a major advantage.