Wind Tunnel Model Designer
Airbus Operations Limited
Location: Filton, Bristol (Min. 60% onsite)
Employment Type: Full time, Permanent, Professional level.
Job Level: Mid‑Senior level.
Job Family: Flight & Space Physics.
Responsibilities
* Design wind tunnel models in Catia V5 and ensure they can be easily manufactured and assembled, liaising closely with suppliers to ensure they can deliver.
* Take pride in other designers, both in our internal team and in the supply chain, delivering designs under your leadership.
* Enjoy working in a multi‑disciplinary, international team to share ideas and come up with novel solutions.
* Love developing your own technical know‑how and relish new, bigger challenges or problems to solve.
* Keen to develop structural analysis of wind tunnel models in Catia Elfini package.
Qualifications
* Mechanical engineering experience.
* Good, hands on design skills, ideally in Catia V5.
* Knowledge of design for manufacture of metallic structures.
Benefits
* Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax‑free technology scheme, shopping discounts and more.
* 35‑hour week, flexible working around core hours, Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, option to buy/sell holiday.
* Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University, unlimited access to 10,000+ e‑learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities.
* Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health/dental insurance/eye tests, cycle‑to‑work scheme, on‑site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga/meditation.
* Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption/shared parental/caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site.
* Wellbeing room, multi‑faith room, employee representative groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity).
Additional Information
Security clearance: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check). Travel required: occasional travel within UK and internationally. This role requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long‑term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role. To opt in, select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.
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