Trainee- Engineering

Job Summary

GKN Aerospace India Trainee Programme is a 15 months rotation program targeted on recruiting 
and developing Engineering Trainee through phased learning and helping individuals to set their 
own goals and explore own interests within our business while being fully supported.  
 
The phase wise learning shall give you an opportunity to understand and develop both your 
technical and personal Skills. While on this program, you work on real time projects, solving real 
world problems and delivering a real change. Program provides a development opportunity and 
mentoring to match your capabilities and aspirations to GKN strategic and operational needs – 
ensuring a thriving business for GKN and a fulfilling career for you at our offices. 

Job Responsibilities

• As a young Trainee at GKN, we want you to be interested in working with Design engineering, 
  technology and product development or product support, either in Analysis / definition/ Product 
  design. You are accountable for your own personal and professional growth under the guidance of 
  our senior teams.  You will be building relationships within and outside GKN Aerospace and 
  maintaining performance within your team and the wider company. There will also be self
  development through trainings and other opportunities and the organisation will support you through 
  mentoring alongside their placements.  
  Specific accountabilities will vary between job families, however you will be responsible for supporting 
  functional and operational teams and their projects, such as implementation of Strategic Initiatives, 
  Organisation KPI, Lean culture, Innovations, Industry 4.0  etc. 
  As you develop the confidence and competence on the project/programme you can begin to take 
  ownership for portions of larger projects under supervision from their line manager and/or placement 
  manager.  
  The precise nature of each your role will be defined by the skills and competencies developed, 
  interests and the needs of the business.

Job Qualifications

Essential: 
 Post-graduation degree from reputed university preferably from Mechanical, 
Industrial Production and Aerospace background  
 Excellent engineering fundamentals 
 Passion to drive their own career and Willingness to Learn 
 Keen interest in the Aerospace industry 
 Enthusiasm for continuous personal development 
 Exhibits leadership potential and Ownership 
 Good communication skills in English both oral and written 

Right to work in country that you have applied for 
Develop and sustain a healthy work relationship based on mutual trust with peers, 
internal and external stakeholders 
Self-driven individual who can expand his/her skills with on-job training 
LEAN culture and mind-set 
Flexible and adaptable to new tasks 
Good knowledge of Strength of materials (engineering fundamentals) 
Knowledge of Gas turbine working principle 
Knowledge of any programming languages 

Previous experience in  design / simulation of aerospace or mechanical components 
(e.g. through internships, placements, Experience before joining Masters if any)  
Knowledge of FEA/CAD tools (Ansys, Ansys workbench, Hypermesh, Simcenter, UG
NX, Catia V5, MSC Nastran, MSC Patran, Teamcenter, Windchill) 
Has undergone relevant courses or acquired knowledge and interest in areas related 
to fatigue, fracture, numerical methods & finite element analysis, theories of 
elasticity & plasticity, composite structure, design simulations, additive 
manufacturing, GD&T, drawing interpretation, design thinking, etc. 
Knowledge of scripting languages (MATLAB/Python/Shell/awk, Excel VBA etc.) 
Knowledge in the area of data science & industrial automations 
Self-driven individual who can expand his/her skills with on-job training to grow in 
technical areas related to aerospace component designs 
Knowledge in the areas of strength of materials (engineering fundamentals), 
numerical methods, design simulation, additive manufacturing, design thinking, 
Composites etc. 
ITAR/SSA clearance (where relevant) 
Previous involvement with STEM, early careers events