Senior Engineer - Design

Job Summary

The Senior Design Engineer is responsible for leading product design activities, ensuring that all 
product-specific requirements are clearly defined, implemented, and verified in alignment with 
design intent. The role includes ownership or delegated responsibility for design in compliance 
with Type Certificate Holder, OEM, and applicable regulatory standards. The incumbent brings 
deep technical expertise in product design, functionality, and operational use, and ensures that all 
engineering outputs meet required quality, safety, and performance standards

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities (Short Summary)

• Own product requirements, design compliance, and regulatory alignment.
• Lead design verification, validation, and technical reviews.
• Approve engineering drawings, specifications, and analysis reports.
• Ensure product certification and compliance with OEM/regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, certification, and program teams.
• Support design reviews, audits, and product delivery.
• Lead design reviews and act as the senior technical representative.
• Ensure product design integrity, risk management, and structural compliance.
• Define, verify, and validate product requirements and design changes.
• Prepare and maintain verification, failure, and safety analysis documentation.
• Provide technical justification, safety evidence, and compliance support.
• Ensure compliance with FAA/EASA regulations, AS9100, and OEM standards.
• Approve product definitions and technical analysis reports.
• Lead Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA) using 8D, DMAIC, A3, and FMEA.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and OEM stakeholders.
• Deliver aligned, technically sound solutions across the product lifecycle.
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Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong product design and lifecycle management knowledge.
• Expertise in design verification, validation, and compliance processes.
• Proficient in CAD/CAE and engineering analysis tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical reporting skills.
• Effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to lead technical decisions and mentor junior engineers.

Job Qualifications

General: 
 Must possess a high level of engineering functional knowledge (typically Technical Excellence 
Framework level 4 or higher in an appropriate Area of Expertise) and experience across 
multiple disciplines to successfully manage/guide the project/programme technical team. 
 Must possess the highest level of technical project leadership as the role is accountable for 
the competing parameters of technical quality (Safety/Airworthiness) as well as project 
schedule. 
 Must possess the highest level of problem-solving skills in both technical and programme 
management disciplines to successfully manage the technical direction of the project and 
support the overall business objectives of the programme. 
 The role requires the highest level of interpersonal skills – see below for details of skills and 
personal attributes required. 
Essential: 
 Bachelor or Master Degree in (Mechanical/ Aerospace) Engineering or equivalent working and 
thinking Level gained through experience. 
 At least 15+ years of relevant experience gained within an engineering discipline, ideally 
within an aerospace environment and in multi-disciplinary engineering project teams (Design, 
Aerodynamics, Aerothermal, Solid mechanics, all type of Analysis, Manufacturing & 
Industrialization). 
 At least 7+ years product development experience. Knowledge of Airworthiness requirements 
from a DOA perspective  
 Knowledge of classification of product and characteristics 
 This role shall be attached to the authorization application 
 Extensive experience with Negotiation with external stakeholder regarding rebalancing 
requirements. Also handling of the proposed requirements change 
 Project & Program management knowledge, planning and organising skills based on 
recognised project management methods. 
 Solid approach/understanding to the delivery and tracking of engineering tasks. 
 Able to define challenging objectives and achieve them. 
 Identification of relevant risks assessed and mitigates as planned and documented in DFMEA 
 Able to work with cross-functional Teams that will typically include (in addition to the Design 
Engineering Team) Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Commercial. Procurement, 
Quality and Suppliers. 
 Has excellent judgement in considering when escalation is appropriate. 

Strong minded, convincing and committed, focussed on delivery, must be able to work under 
pressure and to tight deadlines. 
 Ability to clearly present data, reports and presentations to facilitate the decision-making 
process at all levels of the business.