Location: Gainesville,TX, USA
As a member of the Safran Seats business, you play a major role in teamwork that provides over one million seats to major airlines worldwide. Our commitment to superior quality, comfort and innovation ensure that you can take pride in doing meaningful work that supports the needs of passengers and crews alike.
No matter your role, you connect and collaborate with your fellow team members to bring state-of-the-art, high value-added solutions to market. Because we are one of the few original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to offer an all-inclusive range of passenger seats for commercial aircraft, you'll do impressive work that supports passengers in a variety of seating options, from economy to first class.
Objective:
Within the IPT structure, collaborate with Engineering, Tooling, Quality, Operations, Program Management and other departments to ensure the product meets manufacturing requirements and goals and is ready for production when launched. Support of Design for Manufacturability and participation in lean improvement activities are required. Work closely with Industrial Engineering to design and implement process and equipment layouts and improvements. Support Operations through technical support, product design, and quality standards.
Must have strong root cause corrective action skills and be highly energetic. Must have strong personal, statistical, and technical writing skills. This position works under close supervision.
Duties and Responsibilities
New Product Development
i) As a member of an Integrated Program Team, provide support to ensure program is successful and serve as the focal of Tooling, Fabrication, Operations and Manufacturing Planning to ensure the needs of these groups are met and communication is clear
ii) Collaborate with engineering throughout design and development process, capture and document engineering/build problems and work with engineering to solve, support design review process
iii) Ensure designs and build process meet cycle time expectations/goals
iv) Perform PFMEA for general product and specific designs as needed
v) Ensure drawings and designs meet requirements for internal DFM guidelines and continually update these guidelines as required
vi) Work with Manufacturing Planning and Industrial Engineering/ME Planner (VWI) team to ensure routing and instructions for subassemblies and seat assembly are clear and correct and include proper instructions and tools
vii) Prepare for a smooth product launch and support pre-production and production build areas
viii) Production Support