Engineer - Analysis - Repair Solutions
Date: Apr 14, 2026
Location: El Cajon, CA, US
Company: GKN Aerospace Careers
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. 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.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
To develop, integrate and implement technical solutions and compliance documentation compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and check technical solutions and compliance documentation to ensure they are compliant with all relevant internal/external stakeholders, customer, and regulatory requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and constraints.
- Support Business Development and Intelligence projects: Power BI, Alteryx, and similar initiative with process standardization and coordination within the Repair Solutions business.
- Identify technical problems and apply/integrate solutions with/without guidance of supervising team
- Partner with internal stakeholders on process reviews, data collection, process mapping, development and implementation for digital transformation projects.
- Execute and implement methods plans, toolsets and approaches that are appropriate and compliant to achieve the design and program objectives.
- 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.
- Assist business development and digital transformation department with projects and initiatives as required.
Job Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Software, or another related field)
- 1+ years of data configuration and digital modernization experience within manufacturing environment.
- 1+ year of experience project development experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with the MS Office Suite specifically Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- GKN Experience
- Experience with Power BI
- Experience with Alteryx software
Compensation Range
The compensation range for this position is between $85,000 - $90,000.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
Nearest Major Market: San Diego