Overview

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Location: Wessex Advanced Switching Products, Alexandria Park, Penner Road, Havant, PO9 1QY

Date Posted: 2025-09-03

Country: United Kingdom

Position Type: Unspecified

What You Will Do

As a Senior Design Engineer, you will lead product development and certification activities for high-aesthetic, customer-facing interior products. You’ll work closely with Program Management, customers, internal teams, and suppliers to ensure timely, high-quality design solutions that meet specifications, certification requirements, and customer expectations.

• Providing bespoke product designs that are reliable, high-quality, and production ready.
• Leading design and certification activities for passenger cabin components.
• Creating 2D and 3D CAD designs (SolidWorks), managing Bills of Materials (BOMs) and PDM systems.
• Preparing test solutions and supporting qualification testing documentation.
• Designing across multiple disciplines (moulding, sheet metal, machining, cables, PCB assemblies, etc.).
• Supporting 3D printing, prototyping, and hands-on build activities.
• Applying knowledge of manufacturing and finishing techniques to optimise designs.
• Revising drawings and documentation based on peer, customer, and certification authority feedback.
• Providing progress updates, highlighting risks, and escalating issues as needed.
• Reviewing internal and external documentation to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Attending internal/external meetings and occasional offsite travel as required.

What You Must Have

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring both technical expertise and a proactive, solution-focused mindset.

• Degree, HNC, or HND in a suitable engineering subject.
• Demonstrated design experience in a regulated engineering environment (aerospace, automotive, marine, or similar).
• High-level proficiency in SolidWorks (or similar CAD software).
• Strong understanding of an engineering office environment.
• Ability to work independently with limited information, taking ownership to progress design and certification activities.
• Track record of delivering high-quality designs under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills with confidence to engage across all levels of the business.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Experience We Value

Basic electronics understanding. An understanding of aircraft manufacturers’ qualification standards and related standards, e.g., D6-36440, RTCA/DO-160, ABD0100.1.2, etc. Or experience within a Part-21J organisation.

What We Offer

At Collins Aerospace, people are at the heart of what we do. That’s why we provide a competitive salary and an industry-leading benefits package, including:

• 25 days Annual Leave & 9 Public Holidays (+/- 5d buyback)
• Attractive Compensation Package
• Early finish Fridays
• Professional Development
• Support with professional fees
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• BUPA medical insurance and immediate family discount
• Staff Discounts
• Wellness Programs
• Death in Service Benefit
• Generous Employer Contribution Pension Scheme

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Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing