Manager - Product Engineering

Overview

POWERTECH is a center of excellence for propulsion technologies, specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of combustion engines, expendable turbojet engines, and turbofan engines for a wide range of aerospace, defence, and autonomous applications, including fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs and other advanced platforms.

The Product Engineering Leader is accountable for detailed design, analysis and technical justification of the turbofan’s modules, components and parts. The role ensures that.

• Organize and supervise Module-level design (Fan, LPC, HPC, Combustor, HPT, LPT, Controls, etc.)
• Ensure technical validation through analysis, simulation, and test results: CAD, FEM, CFD, mechanical, dynamic, … Conduct design reviews (PDR/CDR) to confirm design maturity, resolve technical risks, and validate compliance.
• Define and manage technical maturity gates (PDR, CDR, QR) on engineering aspects supporting the Product Management strategy and milestones.
• Support manufacturing department through DFM/DFA collaboration.
• Ensure appropriate coordination with platforms OEM, key stakeholders and internal teams:
  Test Engineering, System Engineering and Manufacturing to ensure engine integrity, compliance and technical consistency.
• Ensure high rank of OTD, FTR and deploy a mindset of accountability
• Institutionalize knowledge management, standards and methods traceability along the product lifecycle.
• Encourage a “dare to innovate” mindset so as to deploy best in class and new approaches when relevant (AI, software suite…)
• Mentor, coach, and develop the product engineering team, promoting continuous improvement and alignment with company engineering standards.

• Minimum 10 years of experience within turbofan propulsion, aerospace, or other complex engineered systems in engineering management position.
• Solid understanding of turbofan architectures (turbofan, modules, sub-systems and their integration constraints), performance drivers and technology road maps
• Solid experience in product engineering and detailed design, multi-physics (fluid-dynamics, aerothermal, electromagnetic, mechanical behavior…)
• Exposure to customer, OEMs, authorities, or large-scale development programs

• High result orientation and innovation mindset
• Strong problem solving mindset
• Ability to analyze and structure complex information into actionable product decision under pressure with a sense of urgency
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment, across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial teams
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills