Principal Supportability Engineer (Level 6)
Location: Bristol (predominantly onsite, approximately 90% of the time)
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Duration: 6 Months (Inside IR35)
Rate: £87.50 per hour Umbrella
We seek an engineer with recent high-integrity or safety-critical industry experience (defence, aerospace, or similar), or eligible for UK security clearance.
An opportunity for an experienced Principal Supportability Engineer to support a major defence aerospace programme. The role focuses on developing and optimising support solutions throughout the system lifecycle, ensuring operational readiness, resilience, and long-term supportability within a military air environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Conduct supportability and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) analysis to influence system design and in-service support strategies.
* Develop and maintain support solutions that meet operational and frontline user requirements.
* Analyse supportability evidence to identify opportunities to improve resilience, agility, and preparedness.
* Contribute to support assurance activities, including documentation, maintenance planning, and obsolescence management.
* Work collaboratively with customer organisations, government stakeholders, and industry partners.
* Ensure support solutions align with recognised defence standards and best practices.
Essential Experience
* Strong background in ILS, supportability engineering, or related engineering disciplines within the defence sector.
* Experience developing and managing support solutions for complex engineering systems.
* Good understanding of Support Solution Development Tools (SSDT).
* Working knowledge of DEF STAN 00-600 and the S3000L/S-Series standards.
* Experience working with multiple stakeholders across engineering, support, and customer organisations.
Desirable Experience
* Experience within the military aviation environment, particularly combat air platforms. xsngvjr
* Knowledge of support optimisation, service assurance, and obsolescence management processes.