Lead Engineer, Development Build & Test

Acro Aircraft Seating is one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing manufacturers of passenger seats for commercial airlines around the world. We are an agile, innovative business at the forefront of disrupting the aerospace market. Through modern methodologies, lean techniques, inspired innovation, and passion to be the best, Acro is positioning itself to be the world’s leading aircraft seating supplier.

Collaboration is one of Acro’s core values, by working together and applying our skills and expertise across Sales, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Operations, we find the solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges and how we deliver our promises today and tomorrow.

• Contribute to and support the Design, Engineering and Certification development process through the efficient execution of in-house testing
• Contribute to the Sales & Marketing process through the delivery of Sales & Marketing Seats on time and to a suitable build standard
• Management of the A2 workshop facility to achieve & maintain a safe, tidy & efficient work area
• Delivery of development build, test and reporting in accordance with schedule, budget and required certification standards to meet program requirements
• Delivery of Sales & Marketing Seats on time and to a suitable build standard
• Lead & execute development, warranty and certification tests using Acro internal test facilities and external test houses where required, to include planning, build, set-up, testing and reporting. Activities to be completed to meet program requirements safely, on time & in budget
• Provide the capability to deliver planned build & test programs in support of NPD, Customer Programs and Sales & Marketing Seats by:

Developing and maintaining the in-house test facility to include static, abuse and cyclic testing.

Identification of areas where the in-house test facility can be developed to improved capability, capacity and efficiency supported by Business Cases.

Developing and maintaining the A2 workshop facility to achieve and maintain a safe, tidy and efficient work area.

Coordinate & deliver the build and maintenance of Sales & Marketing seats on time and in budget, and to the required build quality in accordance with planned requirements.

Write test setups, plans and reports to ensure the test configuration and outcome are sufficiently captured.

Lead & execute build of demonstration seats in support of customer program milestone meetings (eg PDR, CDR) in accordance with program requirements.

Provide R&D support to the Industrial Design team to assess and demonstrate product features.

Build strong relationships both internally and externally with customers and suppliers incl external test facilities.

Achieve and maintain a 100% safety record when performing tests

Working to approved test plans, equipment and materials to produce high quality and compliant tests in an efficient manner

Generate test set-ups and constantly seek to find reductions in test (set-up) times whilst ensuring the execution is compliant with planned requirements

Record test results and report out in a robust, clear and precise manner

Prioritise your workload to ensure the most expedient execution of tests, whilst being able to respond in a flexible, professional manner when requirements alter

Develop and employ software and test system equipment in the most efficient manner as required

Identify and develop opportunities for the quality and efficiency of output of the development team i.e. developing right first time methodologies

Ensure effective forward planning of capacity and capability to deliver test and Sales and Marketing activities

• Achieved (or working towards) a mechanically biased engineering qualification
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