CareerPlan

LifeTime Support Senior Engineer

Wimborne, GBR, BH21 2BJFull-time2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Providing critical troubleshooting, fault finding, and strategic support services for Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) and Actuation systems to aircraft manufacturers and Air Forces.

Role type

Senior IC systems engineering support engineer

Builds

Aftermarket support services, failure investigations, and maintenance solutions for AAR systems

Domain

Defence and commercial aerospace

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

failure investigation, Fracas management, obsolescence reduction, supply chain support, reliability tracking, maintenance updates, repair capabilities, systems engineering management, project planning

Preferred skills

safety critical assessments, emergency failure review board coordination, airworthiness regulations knowledge, matrix management navigation, complex decision making, customer relationship management, engineering product life cycle understanding

Technologies

AAR systems, Actuation systems, mechanical systems, electro-mechanical systems, fluid systems, mechanisms, structures

Responsibilities

Provide troubleshooting guidance and fault finding to end users; coordinate failure investigations and Emergency Failure Review Boards; manage Fracas and obsolescence reduction; update schedule and cost planning; build and maintain customer and supplier relationships; communicate project needs and escalations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC