Mechanical Engineer - Change Coordinator

Thales; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales seeks a coordinator for the Mechanical and Electrical department to manage Change Requests. This role involves collaboration with engineers, maintaining design quality, and ensuring effective communication within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should possess experience in CAD tools and a background in mechanical engineering, alongside strong organizational and communication skills.

Benefits

Opportunities for personal and professional growth

An interesting job within a nice team in an international high-tech environment

Qualifications

• Experience with CAD and PDM/PLM tools is essential.
• Team-player with good communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work effectively.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and process Change Requests (CR's) efficiently.
• Ensure that the Change Procedure is followed and maintain quality.
• Collaborate with engineers and manage work packages.

Skills

Communication

Creativity

Flexibility

Proactivity

Education

Vocational Education or Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD tools (preferable CREO Parametric)

PDM/PLM tools (preferable Windchill)

Job description

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About us
With 80.000 talents working in 68 countries, we are one of the biggest high-tech employers in the field of safety and security. In the Netherlands, where 2000 employees are based, we are located in four cities: Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions and research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).

About the team
The development of modern Naval/Radar systems requires a multi-disciplinary approach in which the functional concept, the mechanical, the electronics, the electrical and cooling infrastructure are addressed simultaneously. In this multi-disciplinary team, the working area consists of the development of new mechanical concepts for Naval Radar and Combat systems but also the maintenance of the existing products and their Technical Product Documentation.

For the Mechanical and Electrical department (MEE; hardware engineering) we are looking for a:

About the job
Your work will cover the coordination and processing of CR’s (Change Requests). Changes on our designs have several different origins: design errors, obsolete materials, manufacturing/production, quality, safety, etc. Though our internal Change Procedure CR’s are initiated and assigned. As a coordinator, you keep track of the open changes, prioritise and plan them, and delegate them within the changes-team. You scan the CR’s and make sure that everything is clear and help change-engineers with solving issues. You assure that the Change Procedure is followed and that the quality of the changes is sound. You will work closely with the mechanical and electrical engineers on the department, with work-package-managers, with production, procurement and quality. In the end accurate and complete 3D models, drawings and BOM’s will be delivered, to have the TPD actual again. You will be the point of contact; within the team, and from outside the team.

About you
• You have a Vocational Education or Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (MBO - HBO)
• You have experience with CAD tools (preferable CREO Parametric) and PDM/PLM tools (preferable Windchill)
• You are open minded, creative and able to think across boundaries;
• You are enthusiastic, persistent and flexible;
• You have good communication skills;
• You are proactive and don’t mind approaching colleagues to get issues solved.
• You have sensitivity for and awareness of several and different interests within the company
• You are able to set priorities and schedule work packages accordingly
• You can structure work and are able to organize what is needed.
• You are able to delegate work to colleague-engineers and follow-up on that
• You are a team-player; communicate clearly and manage expectations, and also have fun together

Thales offers
• An interesting job within a nice team in an international high-tech environment.
• Lots of opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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