Aerospace Parts Lifing Engineer

As an Aerospace Parts Lifing Engineer, you will join the Bristol team to support our activities within the aerospace sector.

Working with ALTEN, you will contribute to the development and validation of critical engine components, ensuring their safe operation across demanding flight conditions. This role focuses on lifing analysis, integrity assessment, and overspeed scenarios, supporting high-value programmes where safety, reliability, and compliance are paramount. You will be part of a team driving engineering decisions that directly impact the performance and longevity of next-generation propulsion systems.

Location: Bristol
On Site: Full Time
Clearance: Full right to work in the UK
Experience Level: 5+ Years

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform parts lifing analysis for critical aerospace components, ensuring compliance with safety and certification requirements.
• Conduct fatigue and durability assessments, including low cycle fatigue (LCF), high cycle fatigue (HCF), and creep analysis.
• Evaluate overspeed conditions and their impact on component integrity and safe operating limits.
• Support structural integrity assessments, identifying potential failure modes and ensuring robust design margins.
• Collaborate with stress, design, materials, and manufacturing teams to ensure lifing considerations are embedded throughout the product lifecycle.
• Produce and review technical documentation and reports to support certification and engineering decision-making.

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of fatigue, fracture mechanics, and structural integrity.
• Experience in aerospace lifing methodologies and damage tolerance analysis.
• Knowledge of overspeed analysis and its impact on rotating components.
• Familiarity with finite element analysis (FEA) tools such as ANSYS, Abaqus, or similar.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, material data, and test results.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills within a safety-critical environment.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in aerospace stress, lifing, or structural analysis roles.
• Experience working on gas turbine engines or rotating machinery within a regulated industry.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with engine certification processes and regulatory standards.
• Knowledge of materials behaviour at high temperature and creep-fatigue interaction.
• Familiarity with probabilistic lifing methods and advanced simulation techniques.

Why join us? 

We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.

At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.

Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.

In short you get: 

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style 
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle & Tech Scheme 
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance & Pension Scheme
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes. 

ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. 

This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.