Senior Static Stress Engineer
Job Description
* Eligibility to gain BPSS check (including a criminal record check)
* Occasional travel within UK and international
* Broughton (hybrid working available)
* Full time
What’s In It For You
* Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, tax‑free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more.
* Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours, hybrid working and flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday.
* Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ e‑learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities.
* Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 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.
* Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site.
* Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, multi‑faith room, employee representative groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity).
Join Our Wing Analysis Engineering Team
Located alongside the Broughton wing assembly lines, you will have the opportunity to see the physical product every day. You will join a team of technical specialists passionate about finding solutions for the main wingbox, leading edge, and control surfaces across the A400M and civil programmes, including Single Aisle, Long Range, and the A350.
How You Will Contribute To The Team
* Approve and authorise static structural deliverables, ensuring solutions meet rigorous safety and certification standards.
* Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to resolve engineering challenges and introduce disruptive changes to support manufacturing quality and efficiency.
* Define and manage technical project scopes, providing guidance to engineers and suppliers while acting as a liaison for technical authorities.
* Influence and innovate the future of aerospace by collaborating across teams to integrate automated workflows and optimisation tools into the development lifecycle, leading or supporting initiatives appropriate to your level of experience.
* Drive the professional growth of the team, mentor and shape the next generation of engineers by fostering both technical expertise and leadership behaviours.
About You
* Hold a degree in engineering with a structural analysis background.
* Proficient in static analysis processes, methods, and toolsets (such as ISAMI, GISEH, and finite element analysis).
* Understanding of aircraft structural layouts, loading, and the mechanics of materials.
* Essential requirement for Delegated Technical signatory, industry‑recognised stress approval (check) and authorisation, or the capability to achieve the latter within a short timeframe.
* Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and influence decisions within a complex network at a strategic level.
* Interest in developing digital solutions associated with engineering activities; Python proficiency is advantageous.
Benefits and Support
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part‑time. We are committed to providing a flexible working arrangement that meets your needs and will accommodate your requests to the best of our ability.
We welcome applicants with disabilities or long‑term conditions and will accommodate the selection process accordingly. Please let us know if you require any adjustments such as accessible facilities or auxiliary aids; any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Legal Statements
Airbus Operations Limited
Employment type: Permanent
Job family: Structure & Dynamic Systems Analysis
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. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com.
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