Senior Design Assurance Engineer (Office of Airworthiness)

Job Title:                    Senior Design Assurance Engineer
Location:                    Boscombe Down, Salisbury
Package:                    Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Role Type:                  Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                      SF16864

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Senior Design Assurance Engineer at QinetiQ's Aviation Engineering Centre (AEC) located on our Boscombe Down site where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

The AEC is an industry leader in aircraft modification through our accredited Design and Production Organisations and internal network of specialists. An increasing portfolio of orders across our military and civil businesses are driving growth in our capability and the recruitment in specialist areas.

The role
As a Senior Design Assurance Engineer, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary, responsible for determining the route to certification for modifications to military and civil aircraft.

Day-to-day, you'll compile the certification document set and call on Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for compliance statements for all aspects of the design. You will then act as an independent technical reviewer, providing support to all engineering activities - verifying compliance to the processes outlined in the certification plan, whilst providing guidance to all stakeholders and contributors. You will make submissions for changes to the regulator to ensure smooth and timely approval.

In addition, you will:

• Liaison between the design organisation, CAA and MoD with respect to all aspects of Type Investigation and create reports about progress and announcement of scheduled tests in due time
• Issuing of guidelines for documenting compliance against the various CS's, Def Stans or other appropriate design specifications
• Advising of all departments of the design organisation in all questions regarding airworthiness, environmental protection approvals and certification
• Preparation of the Type Investigation programme and co-ordination of all tasks related to Type Investigation in concurrence with the CAA and MoD
• Ensuring co-operation in preparing test programmes needed for demonstration of compliance. Establishing the compliance checklist and updating for changes
• Ensuring the initiation of activities as a response to failure (accident/incident/in-service experience) evaluation and complaints from the operation and providing of information to the Agency in case of airworthiness impairment (continuing airworthiness)

Essential Experience of the Senior Design Assurance Engineer:

• A good working knowledge of an aircraft engineering discipline and clear understanding of civil and/or military aircraft systems
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings
• Demonstrable experience of delivering to budget and tight timescales
• Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Essential Qualifications of the Senior Design Assurance Engineer:

• HNC/HND/Degree in Aeronautical, Aviation, Aerospace, Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent experience)

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum:  UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Benefits
• Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. 

Why join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.  

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.  You’ll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. 

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.

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