End to End Manufacturing Engineering Specialist for Seals & Sealing (m/f), Bremen

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Tasks & accountabilities

You will work from the preparation of supplier selection to in-service support, in front of Suppliers and in link with Design, Procurement, Quality and Industrial.

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Assessment of manufacturability of the design during developments & changes: technical risks & opportunities analysis, participation to Design & Industrial reviews, challenge of design options and influence of suppliers’ design and manufacturing engineering
• Responsible for manufacturing aspects before and during supplier selection: requirements for Call For Tender, supplier’s proposals reviews, risks & opportunities plan
• Supporting products’ industrialization surveillance with regards to manufacturing engineering: participation to assessments and industrial reviews, and eradication of quality flaws
• Supporting resolution of issues and contributing to recovery & industrial performance improvement initiatives
• Developing knowledge inside M.E. teams through cross-fertilization between products and programs.
• This role will involve travels to supplier’s facilities and Airbus sites; as such you must be able to travel accordingly (around twice a month).
• This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Required skills

As the successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate some or all of the following skills and competencies:

• Educated to an Engineering degree
• Manufacturing Engineering expertise (manufacturing processes, methods, technologies, machines)
• Strong competence in Seals & Sealing
• Knowledge of Systems, Landing Gear or Powerplant products (Specifications, Design, Operational context, Technologies, In-service life)
• Knowledge of design, including interfaces and integration principles
• Industrial expertise (systems performance concepts, lean principles, production & operations management, problem solving techniques)
• Awareness of suppliers contractual framework (ASR, GRESS)
• Audits & assessments
• Project management experience
• Cross-functional approach
• Interaction with various people of different cultural background
• Interface with external suppliers and Airbus representation
• A negotiation level of English and advanced German language skills are required.