Payload_product Lead Engineer

Mechanical Engineer AIT Thermo-mechanical Lead of Payload Products

We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer with experience in the space industry to cover the role of AIT Thermo-mechanical Lead of Payload Products. The AIT Thermo-mechanical Lead position presents an exciting opportunity to take on a technical leadership role and provide a robust end-to-end integration process, time and cost optimized for implementation into production.

The Payload Product Lead is a dynamic and essential role that deals with project daily challenges, change of priorities and resolving blocking actions to ensure schedule adherence, yet, maintaining quality and costs.

We invite you to join a multi-skilled and highly engaged team of Engineers working on one of the top companies of the Space Industry.

The Payload Product Lead works together in leadership with the AIT Manager inside Operations TOM.

Works on cross multi-functional teams with:

• AIT Engineering Teams: Mechanical, Thermal, Antennas and Harness Engineering Project Teams.
• MFT leads and Product Owners
• Project Management Team
• M&P
• Product Assurance Team (PA)
• Supply Chain

General Responsibilities

• The Payload Product Lead is the AIT thermo-mechanical project focal point, providing Technical Lead and Expertise. Providing technical lead to the Build Process definition ensuring a correct & consistent process definition for the shopfloor.
• Liaises with management over manpower and budgets as necessary.
• Provides regular feedback to management on current progress, workings and issues on behalf of the team.
• Offers support to management with regards to team/department strategies or any other topics as needed
• Support/mentor apprentices and new starters in to the team to foster new talent.

During the Project Design Phase:

• Attends and/or support all project meetings / reviews
• Attends and/or support the PFMA, DMU review, Project Concurrent MFTs with Design Engineering, Industrial Means, Quality and Production.
• Attends inputs preparation meeting to define and ensure KIDs for product / project are fit for Manufacture (DFM)
• Define/Supports the Build Process, re-enforce and ensure a correct & consolidated process definition:
• Industrial Product definition in the context of Collaborative Engineering: product (part detail definition), processes (manufacturing and assembly) and Industrial Means detail definition. Detailed simulation of the process (precedents, restrictions, areas, etc.)
• Final tolerance analysis: tolerance stack-up analysis, CIs & KC´s.
• Update & agreement of the final Product Structure (As-Planned).
• Update and agreement of specifications for Delivered Components (delivery conditions) and work specifications.
• Build Process Consolidation and agreement with relevant stakeholders and production area.
• Provides Inputs to Industrial Planning: Build process (precedents, restrictions, areas, etc.) balancing, adjustment of process times and skills and estimated lead times.
• Provides Inputs of recurring & non-recurring costs associated with the industrial model.
• Provides Supplier Industrialization Support:
• Technical support for the Manufacture/Purchase strategy.
• Technical management in the development of supplier work packages
• Technical management of bids, and selecting and contracting products (parts, assemblies, groups) from suppliers.
• Manages the creation of the Industrialization documentation (Built Process studies / Process Flows & Budget / Supplier WPs…)

AIT Documentation

Manages the creation of:

• BOM preparation (As-Prepared) - Update As-prepared BOM with auxiliary materials and flight & non-flight material quantities.
• Routing preparation (As-Prepared) - Create & update complete routings for standard activities and viability tests / qualification / process preparation.
• Internal (Procedures, Work instructions, Technical Instructions, data collection documents, numerical control programs, critical movement...) and External documentation (user manuals)
• MRR / IRR Datapack: Routing & applicable documentation (instructions & documentation)
• Update Inputs to Industrial Planning: Build process (precedents, restrictions, areas, etc.) balancing, adjustment of process times and skills and estimated lead times.
• Update Inputs of recurring & non-recurring costs associated with the industrial model.

During the Execution

• Attends and/or supports SQCD Panels Daily meetings at shopfloor, PPS meetings, Schedule reviews and Recovery Plans.
• Provides Technical shopfloor support:
• Follow up execution of shopfloor activities
• Support to operation (applicable documentation understanding, specific analysis….)
• Configuration and improvement of the design of the product, the industrial process and resources.
• Technical support for pending work: impact reduction and technical solutions
• Methods and processes support
• Provides timely feedback to appropriate managers on process engineering issues.
• Reviews of real recurring & non-recurring costs and Identify / analyse deviations.
• Maintenance of Applicable documentation (Procedure, Work instructions, Technical Instructions, Procedures, Data collection documents…)
• Supports Assessment of Non-Conformances. Track & Answer Non-Conformance Process Flow.
• Hosts and Supports Lessons Learned exercises at key milestones involving all key stakeholders in phase.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company: Airbus Defence and Space SAU

Employment Type: Permanent