What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advance Product Development and Research Engineer 4 position at Spirit AeroSystems?
Overview
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities:
- Leads advanced manufacturing projects from concept to transition to operation through the stage gate process.
- Ability to present to middle, senior and executive leaders on the progress of the project, cost, benefit, schedule, risk impacts.
- Conceives innovative manufacturing processes and advanced technologies for new aerostructures.
- Defines and performs projects to mature concepts, technologies and processes.
- Understands full life cycle requirements for product and process development.
- Defines future factory/ smart factory vision, concepts and options.
- Defines engineering requirements and compliance approaches up front for design for manufacturing and/or automation.
- Assists with trade studies for design and/or process alternatives.
- Capable of defining necessary resources and development plans.
- Works in concert with key functions to align and advance project plans.
- Progresses concept through initial configuration, prototyping, risk reduction and mature technology readiness.
- Documents and communicates plans and evaluations for future work packages, i.e. bid and proposal.
Qualifications
Requirement:
- Business, Financial, and Technical Acumen
- Ability to Manage with Influence
- Experience building interpersonal professional relationships
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- 9 years’ related experience plus a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited Engineering program or 7 years’ related experience with a Master’s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited Engineering program.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3 years’ experience in project management, developing and sustaining large complex projects
- Experience utilizing various Microsoft Office Suite applications, such as Office 365 and Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Word, Teams and Visio
- Experience in the following areas: Customer Interface, Change Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Affordability Management, Product Configuration Management, Development and/or sustaining programs, Earned Value Management, Developing Proposals and Estimating, Integrated Program Planning and Scheduling, Cross-functional project management
- Experience with Continuous Improvement/ Lean/ Industry 4.0/ World Class Manufacturing
- Prior experience presenting detailed reports to Senior Leaders and/or Executives
- Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing and supply chain
- Knowledge of operational processes and procedures
- Knowledge of financial processes and procedures
- Team player, very detailed oriented
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
