Design Engineer

We're pioneering electric aviation with the Valo eVTOL aircraft, targeting airliner-level safety certification in 2028. As a Design Engineer, you'll contribute to the design of airframe structures using CATIA / 3DEXPERIENCE, working across fuselage, wing, and pylon structures to ensure robust integration across the aircraft.

Requirements

• Experience designing both composite and metallic structures within an aerospace or similarly regulated industry
• Understanding of structural design fundamentals, including tolerances and key characteristics
• Awareness of interchangeability principles and their importance in aircraft assembly
• Familiarity with aircraft structural certification and methods of demonstrating compliance
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering disciplines
• Experience using CATIA and 3DEXPERIENCE in a professional setting
• A degree in aerospace, mechanical, or a related engineering discipline

Benefits

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holiday
• 5 extra days per year to buy (or sell)
• 5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership
• Additional 4% of your salary to spend on extra benefits
• Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)
• Company performance based bonus - rewarding company and individual performance
• Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee
• Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it
• Breakfast on us, every day