Team lead Thermofluids Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 6, 2026. ALTEN scores B on the Alion truth index.
ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 35 countries worldwide. We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, IT and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement & support sustainable transformation.
Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world-today.
Join us and start building tomorrow’s world today!
As a Team Lead Thermofluids engineeryou will join our engineering team in Derby to support our activities within the aerospace sector.
You will provide technical leadership across complex thermofluids and thermal engineering activities, supporting the analysis of aero engine components, subsystems and whole engine applications. Alongside your technical responsibilities, you will lead engineering teams, oversee high-quality technical delivery and maintain strong relationships with key customer stakeholders.
- Location: Derby
- On Site: Hybrid
- Experience Level: Senior
- Clearance: Clearable
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership across one or multiple engineering teams, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of thermofluids activities
- Lead and support thermo-mechanical analysis of gas turbine and aero engine components, subsystems and whole engine applications
- Perform and oversee finite element-based heat transfer and thermo-mechanical analysis using 1D, 2D and 3D methods
- Support thermal model generation, data matching and thermal model validation studies
- Lead customer technical meetings and maintain strong relationships with key technical stakeholders
- Manage day-to-day technical delivery and internal engineering reviews
- Support team development through hiring, career development, mentoring and employee engagement
- Identify and implement automation and productivity improvement opportunities to enhance technical delivery
- Support incremental growth activities and contribute to the development of proactive technical proposals
Required Skills:
- Strong experience in thermal, thermofluids or thermo-mechanical analysis within gas turbine or aero engine applications
- Experience in thermo-mechanical analysis using 1D, 2D and 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Strong knowledge of heat transfer principles, thermal engineering and gas turbine systems
- Experience in finite element-based heat transfer and thermo-mechanical analysis
- Experience in thermal model generation, data matching and thermal model validation studies
- Knowledge of aero engine air systems, oil systems and associated thermal behaviour
- Ability to estimate 1D flow and Heat Transfer Coefficients (HTC) using engineering calculations
- Strong technical leadership, customer management and engineering delivery skills
Required Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.
- 10+ years of relevant engineering experience within thermal, thermofluids, thermo-mechanical or related engineering activities
- Demonstrable experience leading technical activities and managing engineering delivery within complex projects
Desirable Skills:
- Experience with tools such as SC03, SK22, SPAN, Simscape and STAR-CCM+
- Experience assessing non-conformances, technical variances and concessions for aero engine components
- Experience working within Defence or other highly regulated engineering environments
- Experience developing and implementing automation or productivity improvement initiatives
Why join us?
We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.
At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.
Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.
In short you get:
- A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
- A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle & Tech Scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
- Flexible way of working (role dependent)
We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.
ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.