Aerospace Design Engineering Specialist - Interconnect Products

Job Description

Job Description

Job Overview:

• Our client is searching for Aerospace Design Engineering Specialist - Interconnect Products. You can work either of the job location available for this role that is Camarillo, CA & City of Industry, CA.
• The Design Engineering Product Specialist serves as a technical expert within the company's Interconnect Technologies Division.
• This individual may focus on internal research and development (e.g. new technology), new product development, sustaining engineering, product manufacturing transitions (e.g. facility transfers), and new business proposals.
• In this role, you will serve in an advisory role to upper management at our company as well as to customers, industry groups, and suppliers.
• This specific design engineering specialist role will focus on military/commercial electrical wiring system components including connectors, backshells/connector accessories, conduit assemblies, and cable assemblies.

What you'll do:

• Provide technical oversight to teams in the design/analysis/test of electrical wiring interconnect system (EWIS) components used in aerospace, industrial, and military applications, including electrical connectors, backshells, conduits, and cable assemblies.
• Drive product line leadership around change management through engineering Change Orders (CO's), leveraging the company's Product Lifecycle Management system (Enovia).
• Review and provide feedback on all engineering deliverables to the product engineering team.
• Guide program teams (IPT's) in effective requirements management at all stages of program/product lifecycle.
• Provide direct technical support to customers, suppliers, internal manufacturing engineers, and internal sales and marketing teams.
• Provide effective mentorship of junior engineers, and coaches cross-functional teams where appropriate.
• Lead, or coach others engaged in, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations. Determine and lead implementation of corrective actions.
• Lead, or coach others engaged in MRB review of discrepant hardware and functional assessment.
• Lead team in the application of Aerospace Common Engineering standards (ACES) on all projects within the framework of the company's program management process, PROLaunch.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of ACES specifications.
• Support the assessment of jurisdiction and classification of hardware and technical data in accordance with US Government ITAR and EAR regulations.
• Attend and lead activities within industry group committees on interconnect products.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science, or other related engineering field from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five years of product engineering experience in interconnect product development, analysis, and test (electrical connectors and associate components, cable harnesses, and conduit assemblies).
• Experience leading engineering programs requiring delegation of tasks to, and coaching of, peers or junior engineers.
• Experience leading and effectively resolving failure investigations through use of formal problem-solving tools such as 8 Disciplines (8D) or RedX.
• Experience presenting to technical leadership inside and outside of his/her business on these investigations.
• Experience leading product qualification programs for mechanical and/or electrical products.
• Experience in directing structure, design, and authoring of compliance matrices and test plans/procedures/reports (validation and verification test plans and procedures).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Materials, or Systems Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of ten years' experience in aerospace product engineering, and specifically in interconnect technologies and products (electrical connectors and associate components, cable harnesses, and conduit assemblies).
• Experience using Enovia Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) software and SolidWorks CAD software.
• Experience supporting product launches in Low-Cost Country/Best Cost Country (LCC/BCC) locations (ex. Mexico, China, Morocco, Caribbean).
• Experience in product launches in US manufacturing locations.
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS/SSDD) and/or Green Belt certification.

Additional Information:

• Strong knowledge of materials science for metals, polymers, ceramics, and glass and graphite composites used in interconnect products.
• Strong knowledge of materials science for conductive/corrosion inhibiting coatings and platings for interconnect products.
• Ability to interpret and generate 3D CAD models and drawings in line with ASME Y14.5 geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Knowledge of CN/CO (engineering Change Order or Change Notification) processes for change management.
• Proficiency in Product Data Management or Product Life-Cycle Management (PDM/PLM) systems for document control and workflow management.
• Ability to complete basic engineering calculations for sizing and design of mechanical components.
• Ability to interpret Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to understand inputs, boundary conditions and failure modes of mechanical components.