Aerodynamics Test Engineer

Aerodynamics Test Engineer (Early Career) - Aerospace and Defence

Permanent - Long Term - Milton Keynes Area - Attractive

An opportunity has arisen for Aerodynamics Test Engineer to join an Aerospace and Defence Organisation within the Milton Keynes area. The successful Aerodynamics Test Engineer will join the Engineering Team and will support a wide variety of commercial and research projects. The Aerodynamics Test Engineer will conduct testing, aerodynamics analysis and technical reporting.

The Aerodynamics Test Engineer position involves working and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to provide customers with high quality aerodynamic data from a variety of equipment and techniques used across the Company's facilities.

The Aerodynamics Test Engineer will report to the Team Leader .

Responsibilities of the Aerodynamics Test Engineer

Provide technical support to the Project Team.
Assist in project delivery to the satisfaction of the customer standards within time and cost.
Deal with client requests as appropriate and participate in the preparation of technical bids.
Oversee aerodynamic, mechanical, computing and programme requirements for tests.
Maintain workloads with application to various test facilities and project programmes.
Production of written technical reports to accompany analysis and development activities.
Support analysis and interpretation of aerodynamic datasets.
Take responsibility for data quality and timely provision of results and/or reports.
Support to other experimental and numerical tasks relevant to the business.
Be pro-active in the on-going development of innovative processes and capability.
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills Required for the Aerodynamics Test Engineer

Have a passion for aircraft and aerospace and complex engineering and analysis.
Will ideally hold a masters (MEng/MSc) or equivalent level degree in related discipline.
Experience of aerodynamics testing and used to working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Demonstrable knowledge of Aerodynamics from a relevant field.
Excellent communication and networking skills
Willingness to engage with both internal and external parties
Exhibit confidence to question the status quo and to strive for improvement
Ability to see projects through to completion
There are excellent opportunities for career development. This is an exciting permanent opportunity for the right person to be part of a successful and highly skilled engineering company, working 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday. In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

Competitive salary and pension scheme
Free parking and shares incentive plan
Employee assistance programme
Private health insurance
26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing after 5 years' service)
The successful candidate must be a British National able to satisfy security clearance (SC) requirements - including last 5 years continual UK residency due to projects/products involved

If you feel you meet the requirements for the role of the Aerodynamics Test Engineer, then apply directly or contact Peter Heap at Jonathan Lee Recruitment. Either Direct Line (phone number removed) or Email suitable MS Word CV's to 

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