Airframe Design Release Lead, Composite Structures

Harmattan AI; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmattan AI in Lausanne seeks a Senior Design Release Manager to bridge design and manufacturing for composite airframes. You will own the manufacturing dossier, set release standards, define GD&T, and sign off on product transfer gates to manufacturing.

You will collaborate with mechanical design engineers early in the design loop to optimize layups, tooling interfaces, and tolerances, while managing engineering changes and coordinating with suppliers to ensure producibility of

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Mechanical, Aerospace or Materials Science.
• GD&T mastery with clear acceptance criteria.
• Experience with composite materials and manufacturing processes.
• Experience owning released drawing packages and BOMs.
• Early-stage integration of manufacturing into design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing Dossier Ownership: Own and maintain the complete transfer package for your designated airframe module, including controlled drawing packages, bill of materials structures, material and finish specifications, critical characteristics, and acceptance criteria.
• Design Loop Integration: Collaborate directly with mechanical design engineers early in the design phase to optimize composite layups, bonded joints, tooling interfaces, and tolerance stack-ups while design changes are still fast and low cost.
• Transfer Gate & Release Authority: Serve as the final authority on product release packages, evaluating transfer readiness against gate standards before handing hardware over to manufacturing operations.
• Disposition & Configuration Management: Manage engineering change orders and serve as the single technical contact for drawing dispositions, non-conformance reviews, and design clarification requests from the production line.
• Supplier & Manufacturing Alignment: Work closely with production operations and external suppliers to evaluate manufacturing constraints for composite structures and precision assemblies.
• Feedback & Continuous Improvement: Analyze initial production build data and floor feedback to refine manufacturing dossiers and update gate standards for future design iterations.

Skills

GD&T analysis

Composite structures

Drawing package control

Early stage execution

English

French

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Materials Science

Job description

Harmattan AI in Lausanne seeks a Senior Design Release Manager to bridge design and manufacturing for composite airframes. You will own the manufacturing dossier, set release standards, define GD&T, and sign off on product transfer gates to manufacturing.

You will collaborate with mechanical design engineers early in the design loop to optimize layups, tooling interfaces, and tolerances, while managing engineering changes and coordinating with suppliers to ensure producibility of