Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design.
At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!
In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.
Job Summary
Senior Electrical Design Engineer with a thorough understanding of all aspects of electrical design, working within the aerospace industry.
Scope of Responsibilities
Based in Cwmbran, South Wales, working as part of the Electrical Design Department. Responsible for the management of teams producing electrical installation models and detail drawings for new product and
platform designs. Also responsible for the checking and approval of all electrical design work to meet company, regulatory and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Manage electrical engineering platform teams.
- Ensure standards and performances are achieved by the design team
- Supervise and co-ordinate design activities.
- Responsible for the management and control of daily attendance and holidays for your engineering team including absence management.
- Assisting in recruitment of team members as and when required
- Carry out professional development reviews and ensure any KPI set for the year are achieved
- Manage and deliver electrical systems programmes as per agreed schedules and budgets, Responsible for the Electrical submittals.
- Coordinate with regulatory agencies i.e., EASA, FAA, Boeing and Airbus to certify the electrical systems installed in their aircraft.
- Responsible for checking / approving systems drawings and documents ensuring compliance to OEM's & Regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for producing/updating electrical standard and process documentation
- Liaise with electrical equipment manufacturers to finalise the equipment and their installation specification of the equipment
- Report to senior management about the status of the programmes.
- To communicate effectively and professionally with customers, suppliers & OEM's
- Participate in Design Reviews throughout each phase of the New Product Introduction process
- The selection and application of materials and processes appropriate to each design element
