Aerostructure Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, or equivalent military experience, and strong experience in structural engineering, stress analysis, or aerospace design. Candidates should understand structural integrity, load paths, testing, validation, and certification, and be able to review designs, interpret test results, and collaborate across engineering disciplines.
Job Description
Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world—today.
Join us and start building tomorrow’s world today!
Job Description
ALTEN is looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join our engineering team, supporting advanced aerospace programmes.
This role is ideal for an engineer with a strong structural engineering background who can work across design, manufacturing, analysis, testing and certification. You will play a key role in ensuring structural solutions meet performance, weight, safety and manufacturability requirements throughout the development lifecycle.
- Location: Bristol
- On Site: Hybrid
- Clearance: Clearable
- Experience Level: Senior
- Collaborate with Design, Manufacturing, Stress and Certification teams to develop and mature structural solutions.
- Assess structural concepts and recommend improvements to achieve the right balance between strength, weight, manufacturability and cost.
- Review engineering drawings, technical documentation and proposed design changes to ensure structural integrity and feasibility.
- Provide technical input and engineering judgement during design reviews and modification activities.
- Support the development of structural test plans, including preparation, execution and evaluation of test activities.
- Compare analytical predictions against physical test results and investigate any discrepancies.
- Support analysis-to-test correlation, helping ensure engineering models accurately represent structural behaviour.
- Contribute to certification activities by providing the required structural engineering evidence and technical justification.
- Provide technical approval and engineering sign-off for structural designs and modifications within the appropriate level of authority.
- Work closely with cross-functional engineering stakeholders to resolve structural issues and support continuous design improvement.
Required Skills:
- Strong experience within structural engineering, stress analysis or aerospace design.
- Good understanding of structural design principles, load paths and structural integrity.
- Experience reviewing engineering drawings and design changes from a structural perspective.
- Understanding of aerospace testing, validation and certification processes.
- Experience supporting structural testing and correlating analytical results with physical test data.
- Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams across design, manufacturing, analysis and certification.
- Strong technical communication, problem-solving and engineering decision-making skills.
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.
- Strong background in aerospace structural engineering, ideally within aircraft structures or complex aerospace products.
- Experience in structural design and/or stress engineering.
- Good understanding of static strength, structural integrity, load paths and failure modes.
- Experience reviewing engineering drawings, structural designs and design modifications.
- Ability to assess designs for strength, weight, manufacturability, cost and safety.
- Experience supporting structural testing, including test preparation, execution and results evaluation.
- Knowledge of analysis-to-test correlation and the ability to interpret physical test results against predicted structural behaviour.
Why join us?
We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.
At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.
Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.
In short you get:
- A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
- A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle & Tech Scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
- Flexible way of working (role dependent)
ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.
Education
Skills
About ALTEN
π π°π¨π«π₯π π₯πππππ« π’π§ ππ§π π’π§πππ«π’π§π ππ§π ππ πππ«π―π’πππ¬ ALTEN is committed to meeting the expectations of its stakeholders and anticipating their requirements in the fields of innovation, R&D, and technological information systems. Founded in 1988 and present in 30+ countries, the Group has established itself as the global leader in Engineering and IT Services. ALTEN operates with major players in the Aeronautics, Space, Defence, Naval & Security, Automotive, Rail & Mobility, Energy & Environment, Life Sciences β Health, Industrial Equipment & Electronics, Telecoms, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Retail & Services, Public Services & Government sectors.Β Β Β OUR VISION: BUILDING TOMORROWβS WORLD TODAY We are convinced that engineers are the architects who build tomorrowβs world today. As a global leader in Engineering and IT Services, we support businesses in their technological and sustainable transformation. We commit to making a positive impact over time and on people, pushing the boundaries of innovation, and always staying one step ahead. We are driven by one ambition: to think about the future in the present. A LEADING GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNER ALTEN is involved in all projects with a technological dimension for the Technical, Research & Development Divisions and IT Systems Divisions of major corporate, telecoms and service clients, requiring the involvement of high-level Consultant-Engineers. To achieve this, the Group has put in place a world-renowned technical organization of excellence. πΉ 12 Industries covered πΉ 21 Delivery Centers πΉ 6,500+ Clients FULL COVERAGE OF TECHNOLOGIES The Group covers a wide range of expertise in Engineering and IT Services in order to meet our clientsβ needs. We bring together and coordinate at the transnational level, specialists and consultants, experts in their profession who support our clients in their issues of digital transformation, innovation, product development, supply chain, etc.
View company profile β