Manager, Aerospace Advanced Additive Research Centre

Manager, Aerospace Advanced Additive Research Centre

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Marketing Statement: At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions that enable reliable, efficient and increasingly sustainable flight for the lifecycle of the aircraft, including aftermarket support. Our passionate people with deep engineering expertise, together with our breadth of differentiated technologies, ensure that we make the extraordinary happen and continue to shape the future of aviation in partnership with our customers.

Position Summary: As a member of our team, you are instrumental in fulfilling our mission: 'Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.' Pursuing a career at Parker presents unlimited opportunities for both professional and personal development. Working with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, your contributions will be pivotal in developing innovative technologies and products, significantly contributing to Parker’s goal of addressing the world’s most pressing engineering challenges.

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The Manager for the Aerospace Additive Research Centre (AARC) will be based in Ansty Park in the United Kingdom. The primary responsibilities for this position are the leadership and management of the AARC. This includes technical, budget, and schedule responsibility for all AARC projects, safe operation and maintenance of the additive manufacturing equipment (located in Ansty Park) and management of the twelve-member AARC team located in Ansty Park and Bristol, UK.

This role will also be accountable for establishing and optimizing an effective Additive Manufacturing capability (Materials, Design, Manufacturing, and Quality) to support the Aerospace Group’s Additive Manufacturing goals across the globe. Additionally, this role will work closely with the Advanced Manufacturing (AMC) based in the Cleveland area in the United States to ensure consistency across all Parker Hannifin. The role requires the technical ability to identify emerging Additive Manufacturing technology advancements and incorporate updated design and manufacturing techniques into Parker Aerospace Product Designs to increase Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL) for use in New Product Introductions (NPI) across the group.

This includes working with industrial and academic partners on state-of-the-art machine and process developments, extracting core technology and embedding and implementing them in divisional processes to maximise benefit for the corporation, whilst also liaising with senior stakeholders (to CEO level) in the aerospace supply chain and governmental funding organizations, as this role oversees a core part of the aerospace group’s R&T spend commitment.

Essential Functions:

• Provides Management and Leadership for the AARC Engineering and Operations team.
• Provides technical leadership for the design and development of Additively Manufactured Components.
• Responsible for the detailed design of Additively Manufactured Heat Exchangers including model development, aerothermal and structural analysis, tolerance stack-ups and analysis, detailed drawings, and geometry preparation for manufacture.
• Lead the day-to-day operations of the advanced additive manufacturing (AM) team including all design, manufacturing, quality and safety processes.
• Develops and enhances novel design and manufacturing processes, process improvements, design and manufacturing tools and team training to ensure safe, compliant, cost-effective designs and products to provide a roadmap to a certifiable product.
• Represent the Aerospace Group on industry bodies advising on AM strategy for aerospace, standardisation of process and certification.
• Work with Divisions to understand the potential of AM to enhance their product offering to establish and mature their AM design and manufacturing capabilities.
• Provides bids and estimates for customer information requests and proposals.
• Responsible for labor and non-labor budgets for both program direct and indirect department budgets.
• Responsible for the development of the AARC Strategy,…