Why This Role Stands Out
This hybrid Weights Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape aerospace cabin interiors with a leading company, providing significant career growth and skill development in a collaborative environment. If you are a mid-senior engineer with a passion for aerospace and a keen eye for detail, this position is an excellent next step for your career. Embrace the chance to make a tangible impact and apply today!
Quick Overview
Job Description
In order to develop and expand the capabilities of Safran Engineering Services in the UK, we are looking to recruit a Weights Engineer to support developments of Aerospace Cabin interior activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define product weight targets in support of product conception.
- Define product sub assembly weight targets in order to enable a weight driven product design process.
- Prepare and review weights data in support of product conception and early development via the use of hand calculations using such toolsets as Excel or Mathcad.
- Prepare and review weights data in support of detailed product development and design modifications via the interrogation of CAD (Catia V5).
- Responsible for increasing weights data confidence by driving the process of the physical weighing of parts and utilisation of physical weight data at the earliest possible availability
- Manages self and liaises with senior members of the weights and project teams to ensure tasks are completed to requirements on time.
- Identify weight issues and assist in identifying weight reduction opportunities and provide support in any subsequent weight reduction activities
- Prepare and review weights reports in accordance with the weights plan.
- When required prepare and review weights reduction plans.
- Liaise with Design, Certification, Stress external suppliers, customers, airframers, regulatory bodies.
- 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree or equivalent in Mechanical / Aerospace / Structural Engineering, or HND/HNC qualifications.
- Min 3 years experience within Aerospace / Automotive / Rail sector, preferably in Design of composites and/or metallic components
- Excellent knowledge of Aerospace Cabin Interior Systems (Galleys, Seats,..)
- Excellent knowledge of CATIA V5 for weights analysis
- Proficiency in weights analysis standards, hand calculations using Microsoft Excel and/or Mathcad.
- Awareness of A/C industry standards, regulations and qualification requirements
- Experience with Design Engineering competencies, behaviours and skills, including organisational and planning skills to meet deadlines.
- Customer focused/Ability to establish credibility with internal and external customers
- Ability to prepare and review concise technical reports and presentations.
- Ability to work effectively within an integrated project team
- Excellent spoken and written English
Advantageous skills:
- Experience with GD&T, (tolerance stack up)
- Good experience of aerospace Composite (honeycomb) /Metallic materials and manufacturing processes
- Understanding of stress principles
- Knowledge of Smarteam
You must have the Right To Work in the UK as we are not offering sponsorship for this role, at this time.
- 185 hours holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays
- Personal pension scheme whereby 5% contribution from employee and 8% from employer plus salary sacrifice.
- Death in service life insurance – covering up to 4x annual basic salary in the event of death in service
- PEGI Share Scheme
- Hybrid working - 2-3 days a week in Cwmbran, 2-3 from home
- Onsite Canteen
- Career development within Safran Group
- Training & development are a focus