• BSc/BEng in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• 5+ years of gas turbine relevant mechanical analysis experience
• FEA mechanical analysis (SC03 or ANSYS) experience
• Good understanding of transient thermal loads in hot components and load interactions
• Experience in rig, spin test, and engine testing is desirable
• Experience with damage tolerance assessments is desirable
• Team orientated, problem solving attitude.

The successful candidate will work within the engine design team being responsible for mechanical assessments of the engine components to ensure that they meet the required life and integrity requirements.

• Create mechanical models to analyse the engine components and sub-systems using analysis methods ranging from initial scoping calculations to 2D and 3D FEA models.
• Build and analyse mechanical models of static and rotating components using 2D and 3D FEA.
• Technical assessment of the component life and integrity through the design phase, into engine testing, verification, validation, certification and in-service support.
• LCF and HCF lifing of components
• Crack propagation and damage tolerance assessments of Engine Critical Parts (according to CS-E definition)
• Define, plan, support and analyse engine or rig testing to verify and validate the design and achieve certification.
• Technical documentation of tasks and preparation of certification reports.

The Hill Group is a privately owned engineering organisation developing and manufacturing both the HX50 Light Helicopter and the GT50 Gas Turbine Engine. We are a pioneering aerospace manufacturer disrupting the market with our ground-breaking new aircraft and modern vertically integrated approach to development & manufacturing. Every element of the HX50 and GT50 are designed and manufactured by us, in-house, at our production facility in Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.

We employ a fantastically talented, motivated and driven team of professionals. Working as a close-knit flat management structure, we share a common vision for the future of general aviation and a passion to deliver HX50 to our hundreds of global customers.

Hill is currently offering appropriately qualified and suitable individuals the opportunity to become a crucial part of our team developing, industrialising and supporting HX50 & GT50. Few, if any, organisations can provide the levels of professional fulfilment offered by such an exciting, fast-paced and game-changing aircraft development programme and our refreshing new approach to manufacturing. Furthermore, with such a fast-growing organisation, the only limit to your professional development and growth within our company is your own drive and ambition. We are looking for the people with whom to build our future and we’re ready to invest in you.

General Aviation is the sector of the aerospace industry that produces and operates light aircraft. Since the early 1980’s investment in new product development across the sector has been poor and today the market lacks products that truly meet the expectations of modern owner-operators. Hill is revolutionising the General Aviation market with our new HX50 Helicopter, which combines ‘supercar’ appearance, with unparalleled levels of performance and cost-effectiveness.