Flexible Design engineer F/H

Design Engineer

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! 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.For the Defense Engineering & Technology organization in The Netherlands, we are looking for a Design Engineer. The Design Engineer plays a pivotal role in the Development, Engineering, Prototyping and Testing of structural solutions for several flying and non-flying platforms. You will be part of a dedicated, multidisciplinary project team within Fokker.
We are looking for a capable and flexible Design Engineer for the Product Engineering Department to help develop lightweight composite structures with various secondary functions. Experience with CAD software is a prerequisite. Knowledge of fiber reinforced composite materials is a plus.

Develop, implement, and check technical solutions and compliance documentation to ensure they are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.

• Identify technical problems and apply/integrate solutions.
• Execute and implement methods plans, toolsets and approaches that are appropriate and compliant to achieve the design and program objectives.
• Support the creation of technical solutions against customer requirements as input to bids and proposals within assigned programs/projects.
• Identify and assess technical risk for own work and propose mitigations within assigned programs/projects.
• Develop designs compliant to cost and manufacturing requirements using appropriate techniques for design such as manufacture and assembly (DFMA) and design to cost.
• Support creation of design definitions, including dimensions, materials, parts, process notes, assemblies, and tolerances which are aligned to all design requirements and objectives.

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• Generate assigned project deliverables, documents, and reports according to the project signature authorizations.
• Support technical and customer reviews, including formal gate reviews, including the creation and preparation of technical data and presentations of product design.
• Assist the development and maintenance of work instructions, procedures, tooling, technical manuals, and guidelines.
• Support operations and support manufacturing engineering team in translation of the product design and manufacturing requirements of a product in a manufacturing design of a product during prototype build and serial manufacturing, where applicable.
• Understand the qualification process of products, and prepare compliance documentation to internal, customer, and regulatory requirements, where applicable.

You are pro-active, self-starting, relevant experience in design and structural Engineering in preferably Aerospace and have a good level of technical problem solving skills, and you are a team player. Relevant technical qualifications (Bachelor, Master or equivalent) or a relevant level of experience to perform engineering tasks

• Experience and affinity with CAD software (preferably Catia) in 3D as well as 2D, with relevant GD&T knowledge
• Ability to describe technical information of a technical task to a wide audience within the engineering business.
• The ability to have technical discussions with customers and suppliers as required.
• Able to analyze and interpret customer requirements.

We are seeking a Design Engineer with an affinity for defense and bringing new Technologies to the market and be able to engineer solutions for several platforms.

Thanks to our international reach, you can develop your career in multiple directions. As part of GKN Aerospace—an organization that has proven itself as a leader in the industry—you will contribute to our mission of becoming the most trusted partner in the aerospace sector.

• 8% holiday allowance
• 42 paid days off with full-time employment (29 vacation days + 13 ADV days)
• An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance
• A pleasant and informal working environment where we collaborate to achieve the best results for our customers

And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

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