Project Engineer

Eaton Corporation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s Mission Systems Division is seeking a Project Engineer to lead mechanical and systems engineering activities across the product lifecycle. The role focuses on translating customer and stakeholder requirements into integrated project solutions, planning tasks, and coordinating with suppliers to ensure successful delivery.

You will contribute to requirements management, validation, system design, development, integration, verification, and qualification while maintaining

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electro-mechanical or fluid systems helpful.
• Understanding of product life cycle and systems engineering management.

Responsibilities

• Apply mechanical and/or systems engineering knowledge within a product lifecycle.
• Manage all stages of system lifecycle including requirements, validation, design, development, integration, verification and qualification.
• Plan engineering tasks and generate engineering management plans.
• Translate customer requirements into defined total project solutions.
• Engage with suppliers and customers to ensure meeting expectations.
• Maintain system integrity through lifecycle via engineering change control.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical/mechanical

Fluid systems

Mechanisms

Structures

Systems product development

Systems engineering life cycle

Problem solving

Proactive mindset

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

What you’ll do:

Eaton - Mission Systems Division (MSD) is the world's leading provider of hose and drogue Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) and Actuation systems. Eaton work directly with the aircraft manufacturers and end-users to develop systems that achieve their operations in challenging environments, safely and successfully

As a Project Engineer, your main responsibilities will involve:

• The use of mechanical and/or systems engineering knowledge and processes within a product lifecycle.

• Executing all stages of system lifecycle like, requirements management, validation, systems design, development, integration, verification and qualification as per the company standard processes and customer requirements

• Being responsible for planning the engineering tasks and generation of engineering management plans

• Converting customer and other stakeholder requirements to define, analyse and inform the total project solution.

• To engage with suppliers and customers to ensure the solution meets their expectations.

• Managing engineering change to ensure system integrity all through the life-cycle, and ensuring traceability of all key design decisions.

• Providing support in all areas of the product lifecycle and deliver a totally integrated solution.

• Planning and scheduling engineering design gate reviews, engage with other functions e.g. airworthiness, safety to ensure the project delivery milestones are fully met.

• Managing technical risks and opportunities that may have a direct / indirect effect on the delivery of the project and system.

• Liaising with the engineering leadership and programme management teams to ensure the project is adequately resourced and support to identify any potential capability shortfalls

• Driving continuous improvement and incorporate effective systems engineering management practices

Qualifications:

• You will hold an engineering degree

Skills:

• You will have knowledge of one or more of the following - mechanical, electro mechanical, fluid, mechanisms, structures or systems product development.

• You are motived and proactive, driving solutions to completion.

• You will have an appreciation and understanding of the engineering product life cycle.

• You have an appreciation for Systems Engineering Management.

• You are a natural problem solver, with a solutions focussed mindset