Hydrogen Fuel Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of gaseous and liquid hydrogen fuel systems, including storage, distribution, conditioning, and aircraft integration.
• Define and manage system and component requirements, ensuring robust architecture, interfaces, and packaging solutions for onboard hydrogen systems.
• Drive supplier selection, development, and technical oversight, ensuring component performance, quality, compliance, and timely delivery.
• Plan and execute verification, validation, testing, and safety assessment activities, including FMEA, FHA, FTA, and performance evaluations.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and operational readiness by supporting certification activities, hazardous area requirements, and management of hydrogen refuelling and test facilities.

Key Requirements:

• Degree qualified in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline, with experience in hydrogen, gas, or cryogenic systems.
• Proven experience designing, integrating, and validating gaseous and liquid hydrogen fuel systems in high-pressure environments.
• Strong capability in system sizing, modelling, performance analysis, and validation using engineering and simulation tools.
• In-depth knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid and gas dynamics, system safety, and reliability methodologies such as FHA, FMEA/FMECA, and FTA.
• Hands-on experience with hydrogen and cryogenic system testing, coupled with a strong understanding of safety, regulatory, and certification requirements.

Benefits

• Why Join Us?
• We want to help you be your best self, at work and at home, that’s why we provide our employees with...
• Private health and dental care – get access to services and support when you need them. Add your family members too.
• Mental health support – enjoy a culture where positive mental health is front of mind with our trained Mental Health First Aiders, Employee Assistance Programmes and wellbeing support.
• Free lunch and healthy snacks – keeping you fuelled up so you can help us deliver the technology of the future
• Sports, games and culture clubs – connect and keep fit with other ZeroAvians by joining one of our clubs – such as, running, cycling, padel, trivia, theatre and gardening.
• We also offer:
• Stock options – so you can share in our success.
• 25 days holiday, plus public holidays and additional days awarded for long service – to help you manage your work-life balance.
• Free EV Charging and membership in our EV Club.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes for EV Club, Curry's Tech and Cycle to Work
• Weekly Spot Bonuses to reward excellence.
• Income Protection and Legal Support for peace of mind.
• Relocation Support to make your move seamless.

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