Principal Mechanical Engineer

Safran; Hatching Green; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

8% Bonus

Excellent Pension

33 Days Holiday

Dental

BUPA

EV Scheme

Workplace nursery scheme

Midday finish on Fridays

Enhanced family friendly policies

Wellbeing programme

Employee assistance programme

Onsite subsidised canteen

Résumé du poste

Safran Electrical & Power in the UK seeks a Principal Electro-Mechanical Engineer to drive technical and economic performance of product families through the life cycle. You will guide design and technical reviews, align roadmaps with R&T, and serve as the main contact for mechanical design and rotating electric machines.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering, plus experience in rotating machinery, airworthiness regulations, and strong project leadership.

Qualifications

• Degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• Experience with rotating machinery design, ideally electric machines.
• Understand airworthiness requirements (EASA/FAA/RTCA).
• Strong knowledge of product development processes.
• Experience leading NPI projects with budget responsibility.
• Knowledge of design cost, DFM/DFMA principles.
• Proficiency with Catia V5, Windchill and Integrity.
• Excellent written English.

Responsabilités

• Achieve technical and economic objectives across the product life cycle.
• Ensure the product meets customer requirements throughout its life cycle.
• Analyze market trends, consumer needs and competition to keep products market-leading.
• Develop and maintain product roadmaps with the R&T team.
• Lead and chair design and technical reviews to ensure First Time Right design.
• Validate tender compliance to product policy during bid phase.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize manufacturing costs.

Connaissances

Airworthiness

Leadership

Technical audit

Problem solving

Formation

Aerospace/Mechanical Eng

Certification

Outils

Catia V5

Windchill

Integrity

Description du poste

Principal Electro-Mechanical Engineer

Pitstone, Tring, Hertfordshire

£ Competitive

Benefits

• 8% Bonus
• Excellent Pension
• 33 Days Holiday
• Dental
• BUPA
• EV Scheme
• Workplace nursery scheme
• Midday finish on Fridays
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance programme including health and finance
• Onsite subsidised canteen

Skills

• Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering degree
• Certification
• Airworthiness
• Catia V5
• Windchill
• Integrity
• Knowledge of EASA/FAA/RTCA
• Technical audit
• CVE experience

At Safran Electrical & Power, we recognise that aviation needs to innovate and change in order to protect our environment. We believe that future aircraft power systems will be hybrid-electric or full-electric, which is why we are working to develop and deliver advanced electrical solutions to help decarbonise flight.

The UK Safran Electrical & Power team has expertise in designing and developing electrical systems comprising generators, power conversion, distribution and control, with developing expertise in electric motors for aircraft propulsion.

If you want to help deliver this future, we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join our team.

The Role

As a Principal Electro-Mechanical Engineer at Safran Electrical & Power you will be responsible for achieving technical and economic performance objectives during the life cycle of a product or product family whilst utilising the latest technology. You will strategically analyse market needs and trends, ensuring the products meet the customer requirements during the whole life cycle. You will participate and lead design and technical reviews to ensure prospective products follow the “First Time Right” design methodology. You will use your experience and researching capabilities to maintain and propose roadmaps to ensure products are ahead of the curve and ahead of market trends. You will be the main contact for issues and queries relating to mechanical design or rotating electric machines.

• Ensure the product line achieves and surpasses technical and economic performance objectives.
• Ensure the product meets customer requirements during the whole life cycle.
• Strategically analyse the market, consumer needs, trends and competition to ensure the products and product families are market leading.
• Elaborate and maintain the product roadmap, proposing future technical roadmaps in collaboration with the Research & Technology team.
• Identify and influence research and technology studies related to the products you have technical authority over.
• Participate and chair design & technical reviews if the product within the product family to ensure “First Time Right” design methodology is followed.
• During the bid phase, you will validate the tender compliance to product policy and architecture, guaranteeing the product suitability to the customers' requirements and expectations.

Desirable Experience

We are looking for candidates with a range of skills and experience. If you have a good mix of the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering preferred.
• Substantial experience in the mechanical design of rotating machinery, and ideally electric machines.
• An understanding of airworthiness requirements and understanding of EASA/FAA and RTCA regulations.
• A solid understanding of the product development process.
• A track record of leading NPI project of a reasonable size and budget as a lead or project engineer.
• Familiarity with the principles of design cost, design for manufacture and design for assembly with a track record of solution generation to achieve manufacturing costs and assembly needs.
• Previous experience using relevant engineering and analysis software tools, including Catia V5, Windchill and Integrity.
• Evidence of written English at interview stage.