Aerospace Project Engineer — NPI & Multidisciplinary Lead

Moog Inc; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Moog Military Aircraft Group Wolverhampton is seeking a Project Engineer to drive New Product Introduction and product improvement of Moog's flight control products. You will balance technical leadership with project management to ensure deliverables meet customer specifications.

Typical responsibilities include managing multiple projects on time and budget, coordinating multi-discipline teams, and delivering complete technical documentation while maintaining strong customer relationships.

Qualifications

• A degree in a relevant engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Systems or Aerospace Engineering.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills as well as Project Management abilities and technical knowledge.
• Excellent negotiation skills along with business awareness are essential.
• An appreciation of New Product Introduction (NPI) Processes is important, particularly how this applies to an aerospace product life cycle which covers requirements definition through design, analysis, testing, qualification, and entry into service.
• Experience of working in a product development role within an aerospace company for at least 5 years.
• Project management experience is highly desirable including planning, resourcing, and monitoring as well as risk management. Familiarity with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) is also desirable.
• Experience of leading a technical project through a product development process is desirable although awareness from working within specific or related functions is also valid experience.
• An understanding of hydraulic actuation components and systems is desirable.
• Possesses the ability to work with and lead a multi-disciplined technical project team.
• Knowledge of project management and business systems such as MS Project, Deltek, JIRA, SAP and Teamcenter is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided to the successful candidate.

Responsibilities

• This role a 50/50 split between technical and project management and is key to the success of the development of our new products.
• Managing the customer relationship.
• Ensuring that Moog’s Common Development Process is applied for NPI and product improvement projects.
• Projects are delivered on time and on budget, with regular reporting to management.
• Responsible for the delivery of all technical documentation to the customer which demonstrates the product meets the specification requirements.
• Delivery for the technical program.
• Running more than one project simultaneously.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Negotiation

Aerospace product knowledge

NPI processes

EVMS familiarity

Multi-disciplinary leadership

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical / Systems / Aerospace)

Tools

MS Project

Deltek

JIRA

SAP

Teamcenter

Job description

Moog Military Aircraft Group Wolverhampton is seeking a Project Engineer to drive New Product Introduction and product improvement of Moog's flight control products. You will balance technical leadership with project management to ensure deliverables meet customer specifications.

Typical responsibilities include managing multiple projects on time and budget, coordinating multi-discipline teams, and delivering complete technical documentation while maintaining strong customer relationships.