Senior Aerodynamics Engineer

Job Title:              Senior Aerodynamics Engineer

Salary:                  £40,000 – 50,000 PA (dependent on experience)

Location:             Bedford

Duration:             Permanent

Our client is a leading aerospace R&D consultancy based in Bedford, the have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Aerodynamics Engineer to join their Aerodynamics business unit.  

We are seeking to recruit a talented and passionate SENIOR AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER into our Aerodynamics department to support our experimental wind tunnel testing operations. Reporting to a Team Leader within Aerodynamics, the successful candidate will be expected to support a wide variety of commercial and research projects from inception to completion through all the stages of preparation, wind tunnel testing and or CFD application, aerodynamic analysis, and reporting. This position will be focussed on supporting our experimental testing and any experience of commercial wind tunnel applications and advanced measurement techniques would be highly regarded.

The successful candidate would be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled engineers to provide our customers with high quality aerodynamic data from a variety of equipment and techniques used across the company’s facilities.

This is a varied and dynamic role; no two days are the same. The successful candidate will get the opportunity to:

• Have a passion for aircraft and aerospace.
• Provide proficient technical input and experienced support and guidance within the Project Team
• Deliver projects to the satisfaction of the customer to the required quality standards within time and cost constraints.
• Undertake and lead experimental tests in the Transonic Wind Tunnel and other facilities.
• Deal with client requests as appropriate, participate in the preparation of technical bids and oversee aerodynamic, mechanical, computing and programme requirements for wind tunnel and other tests.
• Take senior responsibility for data quality and timely provision of results and/or reports to a global client base.
• Conduct analysis and interpretation of aerodynamic datasets.
• Support to other experimental and numerical tasks relevant to the business.
• Produce written technical reports to accompany analysis and development activities.
• Be proactive in the on-going development of innovative processes and capability.
• Actively coach others to improve team capabilities.
• Represent our interests in the UK and overseas at conferences or client meetings as appropriate.
• Have a broad understanding within engineering discipline, and good awareness of wider domains and integration issues.

What we would like to see:

• Will hold a Masters (MEng/MSc) or equivalent level degree in an aerospace related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years’ industrial or academic work experience
• Experience of wind tunnel testing
• Demonstrable knowledge of Aerodynamics from a relevant field
• Ability and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and networking skills.
• Willingness to engage with both internal and external parties.
• Ability to see projects through to completion.
• Exhibit confidence to question the status quo and to strive for improvement.