Research Engineer - Electrical

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

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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 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

Based at GKN's Global Technology Centre the role of an Electrical System Engineer is to support the Electrical Network team in developing and delivering electrical systems within GKN Aerospace Hydrogen Systems. This work will directly contribute to the advancement of sustainable aerospace power and propulsion systems, integrating electrical technologies through the design and development of innovative components, assemblies, and system architectures.

The Electrical Systems Engineer will be responsible for supporting the development, management and verification of system-level electrical requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, the engineer ensures that electrical systems are specified, analysed, modelled, tested, and verified to achieve performance, safety, reliability and certification objectives.

How You'll Contribute

The Research Engineer will be responsible for the following:

Requirements Management Capture, analyse, and manage stakeholder, customer, regulatory, and certification requirements
Decompose high-level requirements into subsystem and component-level requirements
System Architecture Development Support the development and maintain electrical system architectures and interface definitions
Modelling & Simulation Support the Development of system models to evaluate electrical system behaviour and performance
Conduct simulations to assess functionality, efficiency, control strategies, and failure responses
Perform trade studies to support architecture and design decisions
Validate and maintain engineering models throughout the development lifecycle
Verification & Validation Generate test specifications, procedures, and acceptance criteria
Support laboratory, rig, subsystem, and system-level testing activities
What You'll Bring

To help us make a difference, you'll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:

Essential:

Technical Skills: Minimum B.Eng degree or equivalent, with relevant experience in Electrical Engineering and Systems Engineering
Experience in systems requirements elicitation and analysis
Strong understanding of safety assurance practices for safety-critical systems and their relationship to systems engineering practices (FTA, FHAs, FMEAs, bow-ties etc.)
Experienced using a requirements management tool (e.g. Codebeamer, Polarion, DOORs) as part of a systems development lifecycle process. Desirable
Understanding of electrical architecture - specifically DC microgrid architectures
Proficiency in modelling and simulation tools such as Matlab and Simulink
Ability to define and execute verification methods including analysis, inspection, demonstration and test
Soft Skills: Has a learning mindset who can work with ambiguity
Desirable: Use safety and reliability methods for novel systems such as FHA, FMEA and Bow-ties
What We'll Offer

Once you're on board you'll get the following perks and benefits: Competitive salary dependent on experience
Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
Life Assurance 8 x salary
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Flexible working hours including the ability to finish at 12noon on a Friday
Income protection
Shopping discounts
Cycle To Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
A collaborative, dynamic working environment
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. xwzovoh

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