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Principal / Senior Principal Sector Engineer – Fan Blade

NCC – Innovating for Industry · Bristol, IN · 3 mo ago
Full-time

About the role

The role focuses on developing manufacturing composite blade solutions for high-bypass turbo fan engines in close collaboration with the customer and industrial partners under Collaborative Research & Development (CR&D) and Private Venture (PV) funding routes. As a technical leadership position, you will be expected to manage internal and external stakeholders, lead research teams, plan research and Technical Readiness Level (TRL) progression and monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Manage internal and external stakeholders
  • Lead research teams
  • Plan research and Technical Readiness Level (TRL) progression and monitoring

Requirements

  • A proactive and accountable leader with a commitment to high performance culture, attention to detail and a willingness to challenge the status quo through leadership, governance and effective risk management
  • Strong customer engagement skills, ensuring clear requirements and communication
  • A structured, capable engineer with proven experience in advanced composite manufacturing development for aerospace or similar sectors
  • Proven experience in manufacturing development of turbo fan aero-engine components (ideally composites)
  • A systems thinking mindset, able to manage complexity, uncertainty and competing technical, commercial, programme and quality requirements
  • Extensive knowledge of composite materials, manual and automated manufacturing processes
  • Experience of composite tooling, design, process simulation, digital manufacturing technologies and inspection techniques
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary technical teams in R&D, ideally within TRL 3–6
  • Experience in supply chain engagement activities and ability to build productive supplier relationships

Qualifications

Please see the attached job description for more details.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

12.5% employer pension contribution
Private medical cover
Hybrid and flexible working as standard
Support to keep learning and progressing
University of Bristol honorary staff status

Pay

£56,641 - £77,183 depending on experience

Schedule

Hybrid working (2 days in the office as a minimum)

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