Landing Gear Engineers – Airbus UK - Bristol

Job Description

Due to the expanding workload several vacancies have arisen for Landing Gear Engineers on the Airbus Filton site in Bristol. We have positions available within the Landing Gear Structures Analysis department and within the Landing Gear Systems department.

Landing Gear Structures Analysis

Within this department, you would be part of a team of engineers at Airbus responsible for the structural analysis integrity of Landing Gears and associated equipment, specifically for in-service aircraft ensuring that certification, continued airworthiness and Airbus structural requirements are met. 

As a Landing Gear Structures Analysis Engineer your main tasks would include:-

• Carry out structural analysis and checks on Landing Gear and equipment suppliers analyses to assess solutions for a range of tasks including design, certification, concessions, modifications, test, and in-service support.
• Review and comment on supplier analysis and justification reports and deliver fully approved and authorized technical reports to programme leaders, Structures, Airworthiness and Chief Engineers.
• Responsible for structures acceptance and approval of Landing Gears and equipment (level 2 signatory).
• Technical Liaison with specialists in fatigue and damage tolerance, materials and processes, finite element analysis, and other a/c structural analysis disciplines to ensure structural integrity.
• Support structural analysis aspects of supplier audits and delegated authority processes.
• Provide Landing Gear Structural Analysis and certification principles/expertise into Landing Gear and equipment Research & Development projects (e.g. materials, loads monitoring, taxiing and optimization).
• Support reviews and ensure that decisions are robust and applications are feasible and deliverables appropriate to aircraft application.
• Support and deliver business improvements in line with Airbus objectives (Lean Engineering).
• Ensure good working relationships with customers are developed and maintained.

For these roles, we are looking for candidates who are educated to Degree level with a minimum of 5 years experience within any of the following areas: Landing Gear, aerospace hydro-mechanical systems, automotive mechanical systems (gear boxes, drive trains, suspensions), nuclear energy, power stations, hydraulic Actuators, large marine, oil rigs. You would be expected to carry out hand stress analysis on various structural components. You would therefore need to possess a sound understanding of aerospace engineering processes and activities and be capable of creating structural policies and coordinate buy-off for Landing Gear. You would need to be able to do technical assessments and produce technical reports.

Landing Gear Systems

As a Landing Gear Systems Engineer you would be part of the Landing Gear Design Department within the Landing Gear Centre of Competence, which is responsible for all Airbus aircraft Landing Gears and Landing Gear Systems. This includes responsibility for overall design and integration and the associated systems such as retraction/extension, steering, braking, control and indication.

Main activities for Landing Gear Systems Engineers include:-

• Specify, develop and provide technical support for the Main, Nose, Body and Centre Landing Gears for all Airbus Aircrafts.
• Ensure Landing Gear Design Integration involving the monitoring of vendor designs for compliance with the Airbus requirements and integrating the Landing Gear with the relevant specific Landing Gear design elements with all the other relevant skill areas (i.e. Structural Analysis, Design Installation, Loads and Dynamics etc) into the Aircraft and the associated operating systems.
• Verifying and validating (through reviews and definition) the activities required to qualify/certify that the equipment meets the design objectives i.e. analysis, rig testing and flight testing.

• Production of verification documentation.
• Assist the Team Leaders in managing the Suppliers, ensuring that requirements are clear and the deliverables are received on time, right first time.

Desired Skills & Experience

For these roles, we are looking for candidates with an Engineering Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical / Aeronautical Engineering plus at least 5 years post graduate experience in the Aerospace industry or similar. A background in Mechanical / Hydraulic engineering and the ability to derive detailed design requirements from first principles are a must. We prefer candidates with experience in Aircraft Systems and Landing Gear (or a similar large complex mechanical engineering project) and an overall appreciation of aircraft design. You would need to be able to work as an interface with the business and external parties, such as vendors and suppliers. Good administrative and communication skills and a proactive approach to problem solving are therefore required for these positions.

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