Principal Supportability Engineer (Level 6)
Location: Bristol (predominantly onsite, approximately 90 of the time)
Duration: 6 Months (Inside IR35)
Rate: 87.50 per hour Umbrella
We seek an engineer with recent high-integrity or safety-critical industry experience (defence, aerospace, or similar), or eligible for UK security clearance.
An opportunity for an experienced Principal Supportability Engineer to support a major defence aerospace programme. The role focuses on developing and optimising support solutions throughout the system lifecycle, ensuring operational readiness, resilience, and long-term supportability within a military air environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct supportability and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) analysis to influence system design and in-service support strategies.
- Develop and maintain support solutions that meet operational and frontline user requirements.
- Analyse supportability evidence to identify opportunities to improve resilience, agility, and preparedness.
- Contribute to support assurance activities, including documentation, maintenance planning, and obsolescence management.
- Work collaboratively with customer organisations, government stakeholders, and industry partners.
- Ensure support solutions align with recognised defence standards and best practices.
Essential Experience
- Strong background in ILS, supportability engineering, or related engineering disciplines within the defence sector.
- Experience developing and managing support solutions for complex engineering systems.
- Good understanding of Support Solution Development Tools (SSDT).
- Working knowledge of DEF STAN 00-600 and the S3000L/S-Series standards.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders across engineering, support, and customer organisations.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within the military aviation environment, particularly combat air platforms.
- Knowledge of support optimisation, service assurance, and obsolescence management processes.
