Requisition ID: 22170
Job Category: Research & Development
Career level: Professional
Contract type: Permanent
Location:Clevedon, GB
The SKF Aerospace Business Unit (3,000 employees worldwide) has global responsibility for sales, manufacturing, business development, product and process development. We operate in a worldwide market with a large customer panel including all major players in the industry. Our company is completely customer-centric, with products specifically designed for a dedicated application and then manufactured in small quantities on highly flexible equipment. Very high-quality standards and the traceability requirements are at the heart of our activities.
Do you have a positive “can do” attitude and are comfortable working in a dynamic environment? Are you interested in contributing to the design and manufacturing of our next range of exciting products?
A vacancy has arisen in the Aerostructures product line (Plain & Rolling bearings) is preparing for a strong and ambitious development. To support this rapid growth, Aerostructures Product Engineering department is reinventing its structure while strengthening the basics. In this context, we are looking to add a product engineer to our team

Key Responsibilities and Activities

• Performing product design activities for self-lubricating bearing solutions, in respect of AS9100 requirements by:
• Reviewing Customer Drawings & Specifications and evaluating engineering proposals
• Defining initial product design in collaboration with CAD engineering team
• Ensuring full justification, including ability to perform risk assessment (DFMEA) and product performance analysis through calculation
• Ensuring completion of design review in collaboration with Manufacturing Unit and CAD team
• When needed, supporting product qualification, for SKF and customer needs
• Supporting Business Development, Sales & Application Engineering in business opportunity handling or any customer request
• Capturing and ensuring development of product knowledge, design rules and calculation tools, to increase Aerospace Product Engineering team capabilities for all our products – with focus on self-lubricating families
• Sustaining the self-lubricating product portfolio and technology, including maintenance of and development of the technical specifications of the technology
• Supporting Application Engineering in field return analyses and lessons learnt
• Supporting Manufacturing Unit in problem solving linked to product design

Skills, Experience, and key attributes

• Strong team working interpersonal skills
• Proactive and dynamic, self-motivated to take ownership and drive activities - working as part of the worldwide Aerospace PE team and autonomously as required.
• A strong capacity for analysis, judgement and problem solving, a person who is methodical through understanding, capturing and concisely documenting knowledge gained
• Promoter of developing / improving the tools/ways of working within the team.
• Keen to learn and develop yourself
• A strong engineering background: degree qualified in Engineering (Mechanical or similar), with 3 to 5 years’ experience at a suitable level, ideally in the Aerospace and/or bearing industry.

• Performing product design activities for self-lubricating bearing solutions, in respect of AS9100 requirements by:
• Reviewing Customer Drawings & Specifications and evaluating engineering proposals
• Defining initial product design in collaboration with CAD engineering team
• Ensuring full justification, including ability to perform risk assessment (DFMEA) and product performance analysis through calculation
• Ensuring completion of design review in collaboration with Manufacturing Unit and CAD team
• When needed, supporting product qualification, for SKF and customer needs
• Supporting Business Development, Sales & Application Engineering in business opportunity handling or any customer request
• Capturing and ensuring development of product knowledge, design rules and calculation tools, to increase Aerospace Product Engineering team capabilities for all our products – with focus on self-lubricating families
• Sustaining the self-lubricating product portfolio and technology, including maintenance of and development of the technical specifications of the technology
• Supporting Application Engineering in field return analyses and lessons learnt
• Supporting Manufacturing Unit in problem solving linked to product desig