Job Description:

Mission

We have an immediate need for a Product Design Engineer with experience using CATIA V5 & Windchill. Role details as follows:

Job purpose

• To develop innovative mechanical design solutions, to current and future aerospace industry challenges, on existing and next generation smart motor and power generation technologies.
• To lead and deliver project based engineering work-package activities, by ensuring mature and robust mechanical solutions, designed to meet manufacturing, cost and weight targets.

Dimensions

• Primary responsibility is to create and support the definition of robust mechanical design solutions, for R&D / R&T project/s, by ensuring the designs are technically robust, fit for purpose and meet both the business and customer needs.
• Support and/or ownership of, one or more Engineering Work Packages, for the Mechanical Design of products.
• Interfacing with Mechanical Engineering, Stress & Thermal, Supply Chain, Industrialisation, Validation and Verification (V&V), Configuration and Quality.
• Responsibility for the delivery of engineering solutions that meet ‘Design to Cost’ and ‘Design to Manufacture/Assembly’ requirements, against programme deliverables.

Principal accountabilities

• Improved awareness, through regular reporting to the Lead Engineer/s, (Principal and/or Senior Principal Engineers), on work package status.
• The production and maintenance of CAD models, drawings and parts lists that are compliant with all company standards, associated within the work package(s) assigned to you.
• The production and reporting of Design Assurance documentation, including, but not limited to, design reports, test procedures and Hand/Stress calculations, such as interference fits, thermal growth, hoop and tensile stresses, thread loadings and tolerance analyses, in support of the work package/s.
• Removing risk, by supporting engineering design investigations and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities, in order to develop mature products or technical concepts.  This task involves both new technology (R&T and R&D), and improvements to existing product lines (TLS).
• Familiarity with Product Introduction Processes (PROMPT & DEVELOP) and the leadership or support of any gateway reviews as appropriate.
• Authoring, reviewing, and, subject to Client approval, signing off technical documentation, for Engineering and Through Life Support.
• The delivery of any monthly KPI milestone targets to support project needs and timescales.
• Delivery of formal and informal training, mentoring and leadership support, to engineering personnel and less experienced staff, to ensure the continuous improvement of both Technical and Behavioural skills, across the Product Design and Electromechanical Engineering teams and projects

Key Performance Measures

Delivery of high quality, robust designs, (Models, drawings, BOM’s etc.) which are fit for purpose with a DFA/DFM mentality and ‘Right First Time’ philosophy.

• Increased satisfaction from both Internal / external stakeholders. (communication, reporting, support)
• Delivery against assigned milestones and project tasks met on time and to budget.
• Design assurance documentation produced, is of high quality and aligned with process and procedural requirements.
• KPI’s, agreed and approved in advance and delivered consistently month on month.
• Performance objectives, agreed during annual performance reviews, and satisfactorily completed within the agreed timescales.
• Personal development targets met, e.g. competence in programing, increased knowledge of our products, processes and procedures.
• Support and mentoring, generates demonstrable skills growth within the team.
• Achievement of Engineering Approval status or higher.
• Nomination to Safran ‘Specialist’ or ‘Expert Status’ or higher.

Profile

Essential

A Mechanical, Automotive or Aeronautical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification/work experience.

Mechanical design experience using CATIA V5 & Windchill, with rotating equipment, such as shafts, bearings seals, structures etc.

Must have an understanding of engineering materials and production methods relevant to them.

Experience of Electromechanical Design and Engineering using 3D CAD tools.

Good working knowledge of MS i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Ability to communicate clearly, through written and verbal means, to all levels within the business and be able to interact easily with other Engineering teams.

Must have the ability to plan their work and others they are supervising to meet agreed monthly milestones / tasks. Good time management is key, with an ability to prioritise and organise themselves and others.

Must be self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.

Must have the ability to work under pressure to meet project and program deadlines.

Desirable

Direct experience with high-speed power generation and motor technologies.

Basic understanding of Mechatronics and Electronics.

Experience with direct dealing with internal/external customers or stakeholders.

Experience of working with Engineering service suppliers, i.e. defining Statements of Work and approving deliverables for outsourced staff.