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Chief Engineer

Wolverhampton

Role Purpose:

Our client, is on the lookout for an experienced Chief Engineer to join our actuation systems team based in Wolverhampton. The Chief Engineer is creative, autonomous and takes responsibility for the architecture of the product family, ensuring all program deliverables are compliant with requirements and that the appropriate technical reviews have been held. The Chief Engineer is the primary technical contact with customers and provides technical leadership to the Integrated Project Team, in collaboration with the Integrated Project Team Lead and other functional leads. The Chief Engineer is capable of coaching others in the application of Systems Engineering and contributing to the development of Systems Engineering standard work and best practice.

Your Responsibilities

• Technically leading the Integrated Project Team to deliver actuation systems in compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
• Management of all system requirements during the proposal, system definition, design, and verification, manufacturing, and sustainment phases.
• Develops the necessary plans/schedules in collaboration with the Integrated Project Lead to meet key programmatic and customer milestones (hardware deliveries, qualification activities, customer lab/flight test A/C support activities).
• Supports ongoing Operations and Quality, Supply Chain - driving RCCA investigations, Cost-reduction initiatives, and Zero-defect plans.
• Maintaining a focus on Customer Satisfaction, On-time Delivery and Quality. Supports sustainment and service/repair contracts and operations, diminishing manufacturing sources, and obsolete product re-introduction initiatives.
• Close collaboration with other engineering disciplines and other functions.
• Responsible for the product safety assessments and act as the IPT representative at the Collins Product Safety Board.
• Championing quality at all stages of the development.
• Ensuring complete development of a project's requirement dataset from Stakeholder through to component in accordance with SAE ARP4754A
• Leading customer and supplier technical discussions and negotiations
• Leading internal multi-disciplinary teams through project milestones.
• Sharing expertise and insight with other Engineers by coaching, mentoring, and training others

Experience and Skills

• SAE ARP4754A Development Plans
• Development of a project's requirement dataset
• Technical Specifications
• Requirement Validation Matrices/Summaries
• Requirement Traceability Matrices/Summaries
• Requirement Verification Matrices/Summaries
• Customer Requirement Compliance Analysis
• System Design Definition Documents
• Interface Control Documents
• System Sizing Case Identification Document
• Ratification/Review of Supplier Design Equipment systems engineering owned deliverables.
• Producing Requirements Management Metrics
• Compile and prepare technical presentation materials for system, unit and component design reviews.
• Knowledge of configuration management processes
• Technical requirements management applications (for example, IBM Rational DOORS).
• Experience of aerospace systems development (electrical, electromagnetic, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems).

About Us

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers' toughest problems and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our benefits package includes a competitive base salary as well as 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, as well as private dental & healthcare. In addition, there is an Employee Assistance Programme, ability to buy and sell holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee discounts and a fantastic pension scheme which operates a double match

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.


Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

Please note that potential candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and background checks and that project access restrictions may apply to some nationalities.

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