Seats Design Engineer Lead

Seat Design Engineer

This position is responsible for leading Seat Design Engineers in the research, design and substantiation of the mechanical seat design within the Seat Engineering department utilizing established modeling and drafting standards. The Seat Design Engineer (SDE) 5 will lead the design and development of engineering packages based on customer and OEM requirements for production, retrofit applications and product development.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following with other duties as assigned:

• Perform design assignments in accordance with established design standards independently.
• Assigned design tasks include but not limited to: commercial aircraft seat mechanical design, mechanical seat installations, detailed assemblies and seat mechanical specifications.
• Maintains or modifies top level mechanical seat assemblies or components based on defined requirements using approved processes and tools.
• Participates in teams or leads a team to support the development of designs. Reviews and approved the documentation of design implementation.
• Obtain, interpret, and analyze OEM airplane seat install or layout drawings using approved processes and tools.
• Provides liaison support for assigned duties to manufacturing and/or in-service issues.
• Troubleshoots mechanical seat systems problems.
• Actively support engineering department goals and initiatives.
• Coordinate with other departments as necessary.
• Utilize internal drawing/document standards per customer or regulatory agency requirements.
• Perform engineering design checks and sign documents, with periodical technical guidance from Supervisor/Functional Manager.
• Perform engineering design analysis (such as preliminary Stress analysis or Kinematics Analysis), design validation (such as validate analysis models against test data) and task scope (such as work scope validation).
• Perform engineering design approvals (design/approval authority) and task scheduling (such as detailed schedule of a given task per program requirements).
• Perform engineering projects scope review, project time estimates and project RFQ commitment along with resources planning and assignments.
• Act as design authority for design tasks.
• Define engineering tasks for PE/Functional Manager.
• Provide mentoring and performance management input to Functional Manager.
• Some domestic or international travel may be required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has some supervisory responsibilities as Lead Engineer and as delegated by the Functional Manager.

Qualifications Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty to the established department standards (i.e. meet published metrics). The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge and

Skills:

• Drafting skills in CATIA V5 (or higher) and/or Solidworks preferred.

• Must be able to provide complicated lay-outs and program design studies.

• Must be able to interact successfully with engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing departments.

• Must be able to function as part of a design team or lead a design team (up to 6 SDE's).

• Thorough understanding of manufacturing processes preferred.

• Thorough understanding of Boeing/Aircraft/SAE Seat Design Standards/Requirements.

Education and/or Experience

BS degree Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field (8 years or more of experience) or equivalent working experience (15 years minimum in an aerospace related field).

Language Skill

• Ability to read and interpret documents such a Federal Aviation Requirements;
Airframe OEM and industry requirements regarding Seat Design and Installation; operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers of employees of organization.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of…