Date Posted:
2023-09-14
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 7EH
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
What do we offer?
- Competitive salary
- Company performance bonus scheme
- Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
- Private medical insurance
- Comprehensive health cash plan
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay)
- Structured training & opportunities to progress
- Opportunity to join ERGs (employee resource groups), participate in community projects & much more!
What does the role look like?
We're recruiting a Principal Design Engineer that will provide conceptual design support, maintain and develop the design integrity of products within a multi-disciplinary Engineering team.
In this varied role you will be responsible for providing design support at all stages of the design process from initial requirements capture and proposal preparation, through detail design to manufacture and qualification. Quality of Design deliverables, adherence to procedures and knowledge of aircraft actuation equipment are key to the role.
Furthermore you wi play a major role in winning new business through the definition of technically discriminating and innovative products. The Principal Design Engineer is also responsible for leadership and coaching to a design group to increase within a multi-disciplinary Engineering team.
What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?
- Generation of design concepts and configurations of a wide range of actuation systems which may consist of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical or mechanical elements.
- Design support at all stages of the design process from initial requirements capture and proposal preparation, through detail design to manufacture and qualification within a multi-disciplinary engineering team, including but not limited to: -
- Ensuring adherence to the design process whilst meeting timescale requirements.
- Developing optimised product designs in terms of cost, weight and robustness by challenging existing designs and offering new ideas.
- Liaising with customers and suppliers to resolve design issues.
- Ensuring correct installation between products within an Actuation System supplied system and interfacing equipment.
- Presentations internally and to customers for design reviews.
- Delivering high quality manufacturing data packages by both leading a detail design team and producing tolerance analysis and manufacturing drawings.
- Ensuring the product design is complete in terms of addressing all robustness and in-service requirements as well as customer and regulatory authority requirements
- Being involved in problem solving activities throughout the manufacturing, qualification and ‘in service’ phases of a project.
- Responsible within the multi-disciplinary engineering team for ensuring that design engineering procedures and work instructions are implemented in a consistent and rigorous way.
- Being involved in Risk Analysis activities, the identification of risk and agreement on the method of mitigation (analysis, test comparison etc.)
- Provide design engineering oversight to project planning and execution of design work packages to ensure that all design engineering activities are defined.
- Provide Design engineering support and direction for junior designers, graduate recruits, student placements and students on work experience within the multi-disciplinary engineering project team.
What will you bring to the role?
Essential skills:
- Degree or engineering equivalent with appropriate experience (preferably Mechanical Engineering).
- Good design engineering background (over 5 years) with knowledge of machine design, electro- hydraulic and/or electro-mechanical equipment product configurations.
- Able to work under own initiative, calm under pressure and responsive to change.
Desirable skills:
- Familiar with aerospace hydraulic systems and associated requirements.
- Great knowledge of CAD
- Experience of Teamcenter PLM system would be advantageous
- Operates with the highest level of personal integrity.
- Logical approach to technical problem resolution and decision making.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Able to operate all levels within the organisation.
- Computer literate; familiar with general PC software (e.g. Windows, MS Office).
- Process compliance driven
About us:
At Collins Aerospace, we’re working side by side with our customers & partners to dream, design & deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. We are part of Raytheon Technologies & provide technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industry to connect and protect people around the world. We are inventors, we are manufacturers, we work in space exploration, commercial air travel, defence & rescue applications.
Are you looking to join a dynamic global team that works across the entire Aerospace industry? If yes, get onboard the Collins Aerospace Team & play a part in expanding the opportunities to develop new products & challenge the state of art technology.
We believe Diversity drives innovation; equity eliminates obstacles, inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where everyone can belong & succeed, contributing to a better society.
We are committed to ensuring the recruitment process is barrier-free & inclusive as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have disability or long term condition to remove barriers that may be experienced in the recruitment process.
Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day!
Please note that potential candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and background checks and that project access restrictions may apply to some nationalities.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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