Engineer - Design

Will you help shape the future of aerospace innovation as a Design Engineer?

At GKN Fokker Aerospace, we’re looking for a driven and creative Design Engineer to join our Defense Engineering & Technology organization in Hoogeveen. In this role, you’ll be at the heart of developing, engineering, prototyping, and testing advanced structural solutions for both flying and non-flying platforms—solutions that matter in real-world defense applications.

As part of a dedicated, multidisciplinary project team, you’ll collaborate with experts across disciplines to bring cutting-edge concepts to life. Your focus will be on designing lightweight composite structures that integrate multiple secondary functions—balancing performance, durability, and innovation. You will join a team of three other Design Engineers, as part of a larger Defense Engineering department consisting of 20 specialists with varied backgrounds and expertise. These are exciting times to be part of our journey.

In this role you will

• Develop, implement, and check technical solutions and compliance documentation to ensure they are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.
• Support the creation of technical solutions against customer requirements as input to bids and proposals 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.
• Support creation of design definitions, including dimensions, materials, parts, process notes, assemblies, and tolerances which are aligned to all design requirements and objectives.
• Support technical and customer reviews, including formal gate reviews, including the creation and preparation of technical data and presentations of product design.
• Perform all activities at a level of independence with the support of lead and expert engineers.
• Assist the development and maintenance of work instructions, procedures, tooling, technical manuals, and guidelines.
• Support operations and support manufacturing engineering team in translation of the product design and manufacturing requirements of a product in a manufacturing design of a product during prototype build and serial manufacturing, where applicable.
• Understand the qualification process of products, and prepare compliance documentation to internal, customer, and regulatory requirements, where applicable.

To be successful you will bring

• Relevant technical qualifications in aeronautical engineering (Bachelor, Master or equivalent) or a relevant level of experience to perform engineering tasks 
• Experience and affinity with CAD software (preferably Catia) in 3D as well as 2D, with relevant GD&T knowledge
• Able to work towards holding a check / approval status.
• Able to act under own initiative in relation to the assigned tasks within defined functional procedures / governance.
• Able to analyze and interpret customer requirements.

Ideally but not essential

• Hands-on experience in design and structural engineering (preferably in aerospace)
• Ability to describe technical information of a technical task to a wide audience within the engineering business.
• The ability to have technical discussions with customers and suppliers as required.

Soft skills

• A proactive and self-starting mindset
• Strong technical problem-solving skills
• A true team player who thrives in multidisciplinary environments

What we offer

We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry.

We will support and promote your professional and personal development. Furthermore, we will offer you:

• A gross monthly salary based on the Metalektro collective labor agreement (CAO), depending on your experience and qualifications.
• 8% holiday allowance

• 40 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27 holidays and 13 ADV days)
• An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers

Interested?

If you feel this opportunity aligns with your profile, we look forward to your application. Please click the ‘Apply’ button and include your CV.