Automated Assembly, Inspection and Metrology (AAIM) - Year In Industry Placement Bristol, England
Job description
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 15,000 employees across 38 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
Join us on an internship at GKN and help shape the future of flight
Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050!
Our Global Technology Centre
Our new Global Technology Centre (GTC) in Filton, Bristol is a £32m state of the art technology research and development facility. It acts as a hub for world-class innovative technology for the next generation of fuel-efficient aircraft. It offers a collaborative space for research and development with universities, the UK’s CATAPULT network and GKN Aerospace’s UK supply chain, to help strengthen aerospace technology and support the UK’s Industrial strategy.
For a second and consecutive year we have an opportunity to work within the Automated Assembly, Inspection and Metrology team Advanced automated Assembly System Development. Fuel your passion in making things fly by joining us at the cutting edge of the aviation industry and discover the future possibilities that await you.
Job Responsibilities
About The Project:
Throughout the assembly of aero structures, components with complex, irregular geometry must be integrated into assemblies to a high degree of precision. Historically this has been done with precise and highly expensive tooling. Even with specialist tooling, the quality control process of aero structures is highly skilled, time consuming and costly.
Working with the AAIM (automation, assembly, inspection & metrology) team to deploy state of the art machine vision technologies to automate the assembly and inspection process will give you the opportunity to:
- Understand the key assembly requirements for complex civil airframe components
- Work closely with suppliers to specification, procure and test metrology systems
- Integrate the selected metrology systems into the existing production line
- Automate the processing of metrology data and implement statistical process control (SPC)
During this placement you can expect the support of a team of research engineers with a wealth and breadth of experience. We are seeking a self-disciplined and self-motivated individual who is excited by the challenges and opportunities of this project, enjoys autonomy but is also proactive in seeking the advice, support and experience of colleagues and industry experts.
Job Qualifications
In order to be considered for one of these roles you will need to be studying towards a degree, or have completed your studies in one of the following subjects:
- Engineering, Physics or Mathematics based courses
In addition have the following characteristics:
- Honesty, Curiosity, Consideration, Diplomatic
- Curiosity
- Exceptional Organisational skills
- Be highly motivated
- Strong executive character
What We'll Offer:
Once you’re on board you'll get the following perks and benefits:
- Annual salary of £18,600
- Hybrid working – giving you the opportunity to balance home and office working
- Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
- Life Assurance 8 x salary
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Income protection
- Shopping discounts
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A collaborative, dynamic working environment
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’ last year. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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