Weights Engineer

Safran Engineering Services; Cwmbran; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working - 2-3 days on site, 2-3

Onsite Canteen

Personal pension scheme

PEGI Share Scheme

Career development within Safran Group

Training & development focus

Job summary

Safran Engineering Services in the UK is recruiting a Weights Engineer to support aerospace cabin interior activities and weight-driven design processes. You will lead weight target definition, data preparation and review using Excel/Mathcad, CATIA V5 for analyses, and collaborate with design, certification and suppliers to resolve weight issues.

Hybrid working: 2–3 days on site in Cwmbran and 2–3 from home.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Aerospace/Automotive/Rail, with composites/metallic component design.
• Excellent knowledge of Aerospace Cabin Interior Systems (galleys, seats).
• Proficiency in weights analysis standards and hand calculations (Excel/Mathcad).
• Awareness of aerospace industry standards, regulations and qualification requirements.
• Experience with design engineering competencies, organisation and deadlines.
• Customer-focused with ability to credibly present to internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to prepare concise technical reports and presentations.
• Ability to work effectively within an integrated project team.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Define product weight targets in support of product conception.
• Define sub-assembly weight targets to enable weight-driven design.
• Prepare and review weights data for early development via hand calculations (Excel/Mathcad).
• Prepare and review weights data for detailed development via CAD interrogation (Catia V5).
• Increase data confidence by driving physical weighing and data use at earliest availability.
• Liaise with Design, Certification, Stress, external suppliers and customers.
• Identify weight issues and support weight reduction activities.
• Prepare and review weights reports per weights plan.
• Prepare and review weights reduction plans when required.

Skills

CATIA V5

Weights analysis

Excel

Mathcad

Cabin interior systems

English communication

Education

Bachelor's (2:1) in Mechanical/Aerospace/Structural Eng

Tools

Smarteam

Job description

In order to develop and expand the capabilities of Safran Engineering Services in the UK, we are looking to recruit a Weights Engineer to support developments of Aerospace Cabin interior activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Define product weight targets in support of product conception.
• Define product sub assembly weight targets in order to enable a weight driven product design process.
• Prepare and review weights data in support of product conception and early development via the use of hand calculations using such toolsets as Excel or Mathcad.
• Prepare and review weights data in support of detailed product development and design modifications via the interrogation of CAD (Catia V5).
• Responsible for increasing weights data confidence by driving the process of the physical weighing of parts and utilisation of physical weight data at the earliest possible availability
• Manages self and liaises with senior members of the weights and project teams to ensure tasks are completed to requirements on time.
• Identify weight issues and assist in identifying weight reduction opportunities and provide support in any subsequent weight reduction activities
• Prepare and review weights reports in accordance with the weights plan.
• When required prepare and review weights reduction plans.
• Liaise with Design, Certification, Stress external suppliers, customers, airframers, regulatory bodies.

Requirements

• 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree or equivalent in Mechanical / Aerospace / Structural Engineering, or HND/HNC qualifications.
• Min 3 years experience within Aerospace / Automotive / Rail sector, preferably in Design of composites and/or metallic components
• Excellent knowledge of Aerospace Cabin Interior Systems (Galleys, Seats,..)
• Excellent knowledge of CATIA V5 for weights analysis
• Proficiency in weights analysis standards, hand calculations using Microsoft Excel and/or Mathcad.
• Awareness of A/C industry standards, regulations and qualification requirements
• Experience with Design Engineering competencies, behaviours and skills, including organisational and planning skills to meet deadlines.
• Customer focused/Ability to establish credibility with internal and external customers
• Ability to prepare and review concise technical reports and presentations.
• Ability to work effectively within an integrated project team
• Excellent spoken and written English

Advantageous skills

• Experience with GD&T, (tolerance stack up)
• Good experience of aerospace Composite (honeycomb) /Metallic materials and manufacturing processes
• Understanding of stress principles
• Knowledge of Smarteam

You must have the Right To Work in the UK as we are not offering sponsorship for this role, at this time.

Benefits

• 185 hours holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays
• Personal pension scheme whereby 5% contribution from employee and 8% from employer plus salary sacrifice
• Death in service life insurance - covering up to 4x annual basic salary in the event of death in service
• PEGI Share Scheme
• Hybrid working - 2-3 days a week in Cwmbran, 2-3 from home
• Onsite Canteen
• Career development within Safran Group
• Training & development are a focus