Principal / Senior Principal Sector Engineer – Fan Case

About the role

The role is located in Bristol with a requirement to work from the office at least 2 days per week. The salary range is £56,641 - £77,183 depending on experience, along with benefits.

Responsibilities

• Developing manufacturing composite fan case solutions for high-bypass turbo fan engines under CR&D and PV funding routes.
• Managing internal and external stakeholders, leading research teams, planning research and TRL progression and monitoring.

Requirements

• A proactive and accountable leader with a commitment to high performance culture, attention to detail, and willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Strong customer engagement skills, ensuring clear requirements and communication.
• 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).
• Systems thinking mindset, managing complexity, uncertainty, and competing technical, commercial, programme, and quality requirements.
• Extensive knowledge of composite materials, manual and automated manufacturing processes, particularly AFP and ATL and component assembly.
• 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 building productive supplier relationships.

Qualifications

Please refer to the attached job description for more details.

Skills

• Leadership and strategic thinking.
• Customer engagement and communication skills.
• Advanced composite manufacturing expertise.
• Manufacturing development experience for turbo fan aero-engine components.
• Complexity management and risk assessment.
• Tooling, design, process simulation, and inspection techniques.
• Team leadership and project management.
• Supply chain engagement and relationship building.

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.