Our client, an innovative leader in the aerospace sector, is currently seeking a Structures and Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team close to Swansea South Wales. This permanent position offers an office-based working pattern with flexibility for hybrid and remote arrangements by agreement.
Role Overview
You will support aircraft-level design activities within a Part 21 Design Organisation, with a primary responsibility for aircraft structural design and independent technical checking. The role includes progressing to Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) status.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a design owner for aircraft structural solutions, taking accountability from initial concept through detailed design, substantiation, and delivery.
- Produce aircraft-level structural design solutions and subsequent reports.
- Develop and support structural substantiation inputs, including:
- Strength, stiffness, fatigue, and damage tolerance considerations,
- Durability and continued airworthiness aspects,
- Installation and interface design for primary and secondary structures,
- Support new design, modification, and repair activities.
- Interface effectively with other engineering disciplines to deliver integrated and certifiable design solutions.
- Apply sound engineering judgement derived from first-hand design experience.
- Perform independent technical checking of structural design data, including drawings, substantiation and stress reports, and installation instructions.
- Ensure design outputs are technically robust, internally consistent, and compliant with applicable requirements.
- Provide clear, proportionate, and constructive technical challenge in line with Design Assurance System principles.
Compliance & CVE Development:
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the CVE role, grounded in prior experience producing and owning structural design data.
- Support compliance activities by delivering technically sound design and substantiation data.
- Work towards formal CVE authorisation (Structures) in line with business needs and regulatory expectations.
- CVE responsibilities are expected to develop as an extension of demonstrated design and technical checking capability.
Job Requirements:
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrable aircraft-level structural design experience.
- Strong background in aircraft-level structural design and independent technical checking.
- Evidence of hands-on design responsibility, including production of drawings, models, and substantiation data.
- Working knowledge of:
- Certification specifications and airworthiness principles,
- Structural substantiation methodologies,
- Design assurance and compliance processes.
- Awareness of the CVE function, with the capability and willingness to assume CVE responsibilities following authorisation.
Desirable Experience:
- Existing CVE authorisation (Structures) within a Part 21 Design Organisation.
- Experience engaging with the UK CAA and/or EASA on compliance or approval activities.
- Experience across multiple aircraft types or certification bases.
- Knowledge of fatigue, damage tolerance, composite structures, and in-service modification activity.
- Experience mentoring or technically supporting developing engineers.
If you are a motivated Structures and Mechanical Design Engineer looking to take the next step in your career within the aerospace industry, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's forward-thinking and dynamic team in Port Talbot, South Wales.
