United Airlines

Senior Engineer

23 December 2025
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£100415 - £130758 / year

Job Description

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next.

Let’s define tomorrow, together. DescriptionFind your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.

Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity.

Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups.

Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together. At United, we fly into airports around the entire world.

And we need a whole team of people to keep things running in tip-top shape! From the exceptional service at the check-in counter to the departure gate, and even behind the scenes making sure your checked bags arrive with you, our Airport Operations team keeps operations at our airports running smoothly every single day.

Key Responsibilities:Studies, analyzes, and seeks solutions to problems related to the design, operation, maintenance, performance, reliability, modification, or repair of aircraft and/or aircraft engines, and their components. Uses a structured, logical, and analytical approach in problem solving. Analyzes and implements regulatory maintenance requirements.

Evaluates the effects of modifications or new equipment on reliability and performance. Authors, designs, tests, and manages projects. Provides on-site technical support for line and base operations.

Communicates with stakeholders on technical issues, work scope recommendations, and failure investigations. Interfaces with internal and external organizations regarding specific aircraft, powerplant, and component issues. Evaluate the benefits of cost impact of a fleet decision to ensure a balance of cost, assets utilization, and reliabilityConsidered a subject matter expert in their area and represents United at industry meetingsReview OEM documentation impacting the scheduled maintenance program, including MRBR, MPD, SB, STC, ICA and implement changes as requiredShould be able to logically approach problem solving, define an aircraft maintenance program or configurations and ensure a safe and legal operationResponsible for working with both internal and external customers on technical issues, work scope recommendations, and failure investigationsDevelops complex solutions and implementation plans, project justification, cost/benefit analysis, and overall project management including follow-up to ensure project pilot and overall completion, which can include obtaining FAA approvalsOrganize and manage the priorities for assigned responsibilities and ensure all project deliverables are metProvide technical assistance in reviewing Engineering paperwork from peers within engineering, as well as provide training on complex processes and outlined proceduresCoordinate work with other operational groups to ensure airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and operational efficiencyNOTE: This position is based at the CSC – Willis Tower, located in Chicago, IL.

and considered as a hybrid work-schedule working Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in office. However, that may evolve with the needs of the company. QualificationsWhat’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):B.


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