GKN PLC
Senior Systems Engineer (Electronics)
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GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
It's great to know you're making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you'll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers. Based at our Luton manufacturing plant you'll do just that. Established in 1993, GKN Aerospace in Luton is a world leader in commercial and military ice protection systems and transparencies. Offering a full range of capabilities; design, analysis, testing, certification and manufacture of electro-thermal ice protection, military fast jet canopies and flight deck windows to over 20 programmes including: Boeing 787, Dreamliner, Airbus A320, AgustaWestland, AW101, Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed, Martin F-22 Raptor. Our customers include Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopters, Textron, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Leonardo. Our Luton site is home to 370+ employees and onsite facilities including onsite parking, food hub and vending machines.
Role Overview
As a Senior Systems Engineer (Electronics), you will draw on your diverse engineering background and the product lifecycle awareness to work on a variety of research activities in the TRL1-6 range. You must have sound experience in leading technical work, including budgeting, schedule and risk management. You will be capable of achieving through others internally and externally, and you will be committed to development of your own skills and professional network. Your proactive nature will enable you to understand and adapt to new technology areas quickly.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the technical delivery of allocated project deliverables, or project work packages, ensuring the research objectives have been satisfied.
- May have budget accountability for a Work Stream or Work Package.
- Support or lead any necessary 'hands on' development test work and development trials that are required to meet your Work Package/Work Stream delivery objectives.
- Support or lead the design of external work packages to be carried out by third parties in order to meet project research objectives.
- Responsible for accurately capturing and recording data and results from test work and development trials.
- Responsible for raising and issuing high quality and detailed technical documentation.
- Seek to understand the strategic direction of the target products or manufacturing process technologies being developed within your project(s).
- Responsible for preparation of Technology Development Plans and Technology Business Cases within your project(s).
- Ensure all planning documentation in your responsibility is regularly updated, accurate, and delivery is on track. May also have schedule accountability for your project(s).
- Suggest and explore exploitation routes, aligned with the guidance of the Work Stream Lead.
- Drive project(s) toward exploitation, identifying and supporting industrialisation scenario development.
- Support project stakeholder management with internal/external customers, and may lead management of supply chain partners in some cases.
- Take an active role in creating a personal development plan linked to GKN's TEF and will be responsible for delivering on agreed objectives supported by your line manager.
- Ensure EHS policy and process adherence for your activities, and will contribute to a proactive EHS culture in the wider team.
- Contribute to the development of GKN as a 'Great Place to Work', aligned with the core principles - safe, innovative, open & honest, care & respect, and ownership.
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What You'll Bring
Essential:
- HNC, degree or equivalent experience in electrical or systems engineering.
- Experience delivering designs for electro-mechanical, sensing OR controller systems within an engineering environment.
- Electronics PCB design experience.
- Good general engineering/technology knowledge base and can demonstrate strategic thinking.
- Working knowledge of aerodynamics and an appreciation of physics based modelling approaches for thermodynamic analysis.
- Experience of test/experimental design, and practical execution in laboratory or test facility conditions to defined standards, and be able to contribute to the development of new test methods.
- Strong self-starter, able to execute tasks according to plan.
- Logical and methodical approach to task planning.
- Experience managing deployed resources (people you lead but you are not their line manager).
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, and can confidently translate complex information to a variety of audiences and you are able to represent your project(s) and GKN values in internal/external review meetings.
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Desirable:
- A higher degree qualification such as a Masters, PhD or EngD.
- General awareness of budget and schedule management.
- An awareness of aerospace certification requirements.
- Experience of the Systems Development Lifecycle process.
- You will be developing your own network and you will have a general awareness of key companies and key individuals who operate in the wider aerospace technology and engineering field.
What We'll Offer
- Competitive salary dependent on experience.
- The opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus.
- Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis.
- Life Assurance 8 x salary.
- 185 hours holiday + bank holidays.
- Income protection.
- Shopping discounts.
- Cycle To Work Scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family.
- Electric Vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme (Insurance, servicing, maintenance, roadside assistance and more included).
- Free onsite parking.
- Local gym discount.
- Free airport parking.
- Enhanced family friendly leave.
- A collaborative, dynamic working environment.
Once you're on board you'll get the following perks and benefits: A competitive package and a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We'll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That's the beauty of being part of a global business, once you're on board you never know where your career journey may take you!
A Great Place to Work
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we've created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It's a culture that won us 'The Best Workplace Culture Award'. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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