Senior Structural Engineer

Jobleads-UK · Ampthill, England, United Kingdom

Location
Ampthill
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
June 02, 2026

Job Description

Senior Structural Engineer

Based in Bedfordshire

Salary between £45,000 - £51,000 + benefits

Most structural engineers will never touch the programmes this role sits on.

This is a Senior Structural Engineer position embedded in a Special Projects team working on some of the most operationally sensitive platforms in UK defence. The work is classified, the problems are genuinely hard, and the impact is real.

You will own complex structural analysis end-to-end, FEA modelling, damage tolerance, fatigue life, dynamic and thermal assessments, across metallic and composite structures. Your outputs will feed directly into design reviews, manufacturing instructions, and MoD submissions. You will not be checking someone else's work. You will be the expert in the room.

What you'll need

5+ years of structural analysis experience on metallic and composite structures. Solid FEA skills, MSC Nastran is the baseline, with any experience of Patran, S...

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