Head of Aerostructures

An innovative aerospace company developing next-generation electric aircraft is seeking a Head of Aerostructures to play a critical role in shaping its platform architecture and structural capability. This is a hands‑on technical leadership position within a growing engineering team, offering significant influence over product development, tools, and team capability.

You will lead the Design & Aerostructures discipline, owning the development of primary and secondary structures from aircraft to component level. This includes architectural definition, detailed design, structural optimisation, and supporting certification activities.

This is not a pure management role. You will remain technically hands‑on while mentoring and developing the structural team.

• Lead structural and mechanical architecture development from concept through production
• Design and optimise primary aircraft structures including fuselage, propulsion integration, landing gear, and system housings
• Apply composite and metallic structural design principles to meet strength, weight, fatigue, and thermal performance requirements
• Support stress analysis and structural substantiation activities
• Guide development through prototyping, testing, and production release
• Engage with suppliers on materials, manufacturing processes, and fabrication constraints
• Contribute to certification strategy and regulatory compliance activities
• Establish engineering standards, methods, and configuration management processes
• Support failure investigations and root cause analysis
• Help scale and mature the structural engineering capability within the organisation

• 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role within aerospace
• Strong background in primary aircraft structures
• Experience in both composite design and structural analysis preferred
• Full product lifecycle exposure – concept through certification
• Familiarity with certification environments for civil aircraft programs
• Experience working in fast-paced or early‑stage aerospace environments is highly valued
• Experience with modern CAD and PLM environments (e.g., CATIA, 3
  
  DEXPERIENCE, Solid Works) is advantageous.

• Early leadership influence within a scaling aerospace platform
• Opportunity to shape structural architecture and engineering methods
• Exposure to next‑generation electric aircraft development
• Equity participation
• Flexible working structure within a hybrid model