Job DescriptionRoles and Responsibilities

As a Through Life Engineer, you would be responsible for providing RM&T support to programmes across the whole product lifecycle, whether that be directly, or providing mentoring to build up team capability and you will work towards becoming a technical signatory for TLE related documents.

The team is regularly involved in Bids and Proposals from concept generation and is building increasingly strong links with the product support, field support and in-service reliability teams which gives a rare opportunity to provide support to programmes from cradle to grave. As part of this role, you will help shape what those relationships look like.

Required Qualifications

An appropriate degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Electronics, Applied Physics or similar subject, or equivalent experience, and shows a logical mindset, alongside good problem solving and solution building skills.

Experience of performing the reliability analyses that form part of our TLE assessments, such as Reliability Prediction, FMEA, Maintainability Analyses, etc, the standards that drive those analyses (e.g. MIL-HDBK-217F) and the limitations of those standards.

Experience of the systems design lifecycle will help you in activities such as capturing, understanding and documenting the customer’s system through life requirements.

Desired Characteristics

Previous experience in an aviation, automotive or similar embedded systems development environment is helpful as it demonstrates understanding of working to rigorous industry mandated development standards; for example, ARP4754A and ARP4761. This shows a knowledge of working with complex system designs, for implementation in hardware and software.

An understanding of the System Safety Assessment Process (e.g. in accordance with ARP4761, MIL-STD-882 or Def-Stan 00-56) and how the quantitative safety analysis processes interact with the reliability analyses.

Flexible Working

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

Total Reward

At GE Aviation we understand the importance of Total Reward.  Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.

As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

• Non-contributory Pension          

• Competitive Performance based Bonus Scheme,

• Life Assurance

• Group income protection             

• Private medical cover     

• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell

Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS.

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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