CareerPlan

AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE ENGINEER

Bristol, GBFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorshipSecurity clearance required

Core

Assess Power & Propulsion System (P&PS) safety and mission performance for air vehicles across their full lifecycle.

Role type

Senior IC aircraft performance engineer (defence)

Builds

Mission generation/analysis models, toolsets, and performance assessments for airframe designs and propulsion architectures.

Domain

Defence, aerospace propulsion, gas turbines

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

aircraft performance fundamentals, gas turbine operation, C++, Matlab, Python, stakeholder management

Responsibilities

Interface with customers and government agencies to represent propulsion system interests; provide independent advice on air vehicle performance and behaviour; assess future and current platforms for competitiveness; maintain and develop toolsets, models, and data; convey platform operation requirements to the propulsion system.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC