Date Posted:

2023-12-14

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 7EH

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary

• Company performance bonus scheme

• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution

• Private medical insurance

• Comprehensive health cash plan

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

• Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay)

• Structured training & opportunities to progress

• Opportunity to join ERGs (employee resource groups), participate in community projects & much more!

What does the role look like?

As the Principal Stress Engineer (Secondaries Actuation) at Actuation Systems UK, based in Wolverhampton, you will play a crucial role in the design and development of secondary flight control actuation and associated subsystems.

Your responsibilities span the entire product life cycle, from conceptualization to production support.

Collaborating with multi-functional teams, you will conduct structural and vibration analysis, utilizing both classical and computational methods.

Your role also includes supporting new business opportunities, developing customer relationships, and contributing to engineering strategy and technology roadmaps.

What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?

• Perform preliminary sizing analysis and conceptual design support.

• Conduct classical and computational analysis on mechanical elements and components.

• Generate technical reports and present summaries to internal and external stakeholders.

• Develop new capabilities to support technology roadmaps.

• Support customer proposals, presentations, and production-related issues.

• Collaborate with Value Streams to identify synergies and opportunities.

• Mentor and provide training in Stress discipline.

• Act as the primary contact for Stress within the Value Stream.

What will you bring to the role?

Technical Requirements:

• Degree-level qualification in Mechanical Engineering.

• 10+ years of stress/thermal analysis experience.

• Proficiency in Abaqus, MathCAD, and CATIA preferred.

• Advanced understanding of classical analysis methods and structural FEA.

• Proven problem-solving ability in structural analysis environments.

• Experience in complex failure investigations.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Personal Characteristics:

The successful candidate will possess:

• Leadership skills to inspire and lead teams.

• Strong customer-facing skills.

• Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams.

• High motivation for achieving World-Class results.

• Adaptability to changing priorities and working under pressure.

• Highest level of personal integrity.

• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Flexibility and availability to address daily issues.

• Clear and concise communication of complex issues.

Working Environment:

• This role is based at Collins Aerospace, Wolverhampton, UK, with occasional international travel (<20%).

About us:

At Collins Aerospace, we’re working side by side with our customers & partners to dream, design & deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. We are part of Raytheon Technologies & provide technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industry to connect and protect people around the world. We are inventors, we are manufacturers, we work in space exploration, commercial air travel, defence & rescue applications.

Are you looking to join a dynamic global team that works across the entire Aerospace industry? If yes, get onboard the Collins Aerospace Team & play a part in expanding the opportunities to develop new products & challenge the state of art technology.

We believe Diversity drives innovation; equity eliminates obstacles, inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where everyone can belong & succeed, contributing to a better society.

We are committed to ensuring the recruitment process is barrier-free & inclusive as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have disability or long term condition to remove barriers that may be experienced in the recruitment process.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day!

Please note that potential candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and background checks and that project access restrictions may apply to some nationalities.

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