Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Company: Safran Seats

Job field: Mechanics

Location: Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom

Contract type: Permanent

Contract duration: Full-time

Professional status: Professional, Engineer & Manager

Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award-winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality, and industrial design.

At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!

In the UK, Safran Seats specializes solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.

The purpose of this role is to manage a design team that will provide design solutions from initial concept through to manufacture.

Key Responsibilities

1. Responsible for the design and detail modeling of a variety of suite components in order to meet programme requirements
2. Produce designs to meet specified cost/weight targets
3. Design Engineers will be expected to communicate effectively and professionally with customers and suppliers.
4. Participate in Design Reviews throughout each phase of the New Product Introduction process
5. The selection and application of materials and processes appropriate to each design element
6. Ensure the successful integration of each design element within the product as a whole
7. Check engineering packages
8. Participate in the validation of the product (using such methods as prototyping, test, DFMEA)
9. Follow and contribute to the development of the Best Practice guidelines
10. From time to time, Design Engineers must be prepared to undertake tasks outside of their normal duties as requested by their immediate supervisors.

Job Requirements

1. Educated to Degree level within an Engineering capacity
2. Experience of working within mechanical design, all industries considered
3. Excellent problem-solving skills
4. Experience of using CAD software - CATIA V5 would be desirable but others will be considered
5. Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!

Our employees are at the heart of our success, as we work together for our sustainable future. There are four People Fundamentals that underpin life at Safran:

• We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business
• We develop our colleagues' skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
• We create a trustworthy workplace to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
• We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues

As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:

• 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
• Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts and access to private healthcare
• Career Progression opportunities such as company sponsorship and further training courses
• Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoptive parents, shared parental leave, parental leave and flexible working
• Equality & Diversity initiatives with internal groups for workplace engagement and involvement
• STEM engagement with schools, colleges and universities and Charitable activities for all

Please apply and submit your CV today! Once your CV has been reviewed, we will contact you with the next stages.

We want Safran Seats to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks.

We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Safran Seats an inclusive place to work.

Specificity of the job

No regular travel is required with this role.