RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of Actuation Products UK
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Hydromechanical Design
LOCATION: Cheltenham or Deeside - office based
WORKING PATTERN: Nominally 37 hours per week, 4 or 5 days Working Schedules, additional hours may be required as necessary to meet business commitments.
TRAVEL: Occasional UK and/or Overseas travel to customers and other Triumph sites.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: English, other languages desirable. Job Purpose
We are looking for a Lead Design Engineer to join our team.
Working within a growing Actuation Products team, you will be responsible for leading the design and support activities of actuation products (hydraulic and electro-mechanical). The role involves the full product lifecycle from New Product Introduction (NPI) through to modifying & supporting in service products on various programmes, including Airbus, Boeing, SAAB, Leonardo and other major customers.
The role also requires the dissemination of your engineering knowledge and skills to mentor and grow the more junior members of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Development and modification of design documentation.
• Interfacing with internal and external customers.
• Design of test rigs and equipment.
• Interpretation of customer’s requirements/specifications.
• Identify and communicate technical risks to projects stakeholders.
• Presentation of technical solutions at internal and external design reviews.
• Lead cross-functional teams and support problem solving and corrective action activities to resolve design issues, ATP failures and customer returns/failures.
• Support engineering changes, using Documentation Control Tools. [Windchill].
• Manage and review work of other engineers.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Review and update design guides to include lessons learnt and advances in technology.

Technical Requirements

• A solid engineering background - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or a related discipline (or qualified to an equivalent level) / or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering engineering designs in a highly regulated industry such as aerospace (knowledge of regulations and standards required).
• A good understanding of Reliability, Safety / Airworthiness, Production methods, Materials and Processes, and Stress and Performance analysis
• Experience of designing from customer specifications using 2D & 3D design tools, preferably SolidWorks.
• Demonstrable experience of designing mechanical and/or hydraulic products, preferably within an aviation business.
• Demonstrable experience of designing gears, preferably within an aviation business.
• Held signature approval in previous roles.
• Good knowledge and experience of mechanical components, geometric tolerancing, processing, precision machining, castings, forgings, metallic materials, military and industry standards.
• Appreciation of the drivers / requirements of Procurement, Design for Manufacture, Production and Quality
• Understanding of design (DFMEA), test and analysis (Mathcad, FEA) tools
• Experience using problem solving tools (8D, 5Why and other Lean tools).
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven mentoring capabilities.

Behavioural Skills

• Integrity - Self-motivated and proactive.
• Drive for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work collaboratively and efficiently with other Engineers, Design/Analysis/Test/Electronics, to iterate and optimise design solutions.
• Innovative- Able to offer alternative solutions and solve problems.
• Committed to deliver on schedule.

• Development and modification of design documentation.
• Interfacing with internal and external customers.
• Design of test rigs and equipment.
• Interpretation of customer’s requirements/specifications.
• Identify and communicate technical risks to projects stakeholders.
• Presentation of technical solutions at internal and external design reviews.
• Lead cross-functional teams and support problem solving and corrective action activities to resolve design issues, ATP failures and customer returns/failures.
• Support engineering changes, using Documentation Control Tools. [Windchill].
• Manage and review work of other engineers.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Review and update design guides to include lessons learnt and advances in technology