Fuel Systems Engineer

ARM
Filton, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Today
£58 ph

Salary

£58 ph

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Posted
24 Apr 2026 (Today)

Fuel Systems Engineer

12 month contract

Based in Filton

Offering £57.50ph Inside IR35

Do you have experience working on Avionics Fuel Systems?

Do you have experience using MATLAB, Simulink, or Stateflow for Real-Time system controlling?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Fuel Systems Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be involved in:

Equipment qualification - Support the review of new Equipment Design Evolution Sheets from supplier, Specification updates, and qualification of equipment due to scope creep of requirements in service

Production Support - Support queries from the various production lines on items such as test failures and improvement projects

Development modifications support - Work on providing inputs to modifications required for the development of the system including engineer variant changes, performance changes, and changes related to equipment updates

Problem investigation support - This can include work on Major In-Service Problems, Request For Works, and Safety Related Items that support In-service occurrences.

Your skillset may include:

Experience within Aviation/ Aerospace

Ability to communicate with key stakeholders

Real-time system controlling, MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow

Avionic Fuel Systems experience

Project management experience

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Fuel Systems Engineer

12 month contract

Based in Filton

Offering £57.50ph Inside IR35

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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