Obsolecence / sustainability Engineer

Sunbury-on-thames, Middlesex
Arden White Limited

Senior Engineer- Sustaining/Obsolescence

Outstanding opportunity to join a leading global provider of aeropace air systems with a turnover of $7.0 billion and numeroue technology award.

Location: Sunbury on Thames, SRY, GB, TW16 7EF

Business Unit: Air Technology

Scope of Role:

This role supports the ongoing production and in-service operation of products for aerospace, land-based systems, rail, and oil & gas industries. The role requires an experienced mechanical design engineer with an understanding of basic electrical controllers containing components such as relays and discrete electronics. This role is part of the Sustaining Engineering team, which supports the Operations team and external Customers, to ensure continuity of supply of existing products or the repair of in-service products out of production, by addressing issues such as component obsolescence, defining alternatives for long lead time components, or addressing yield issues related to existing designs. This sustaining engineering team is a multi-disciplined team including mechanical and electronic design engineers, with support from project managers where appropriate.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

• Review, analyse, and validate product related issues arising during the production or in-service operation of products, including fans, heaters, air-conditioning systems, motors, and actuators.
• Able to define corrective actions, component alternatives or re-design proposals to address production or in-service related issues impacting delivery, yield, or performance of products.

• Support the production assembly and test teams as required to help resolve design related yield or performance issues, and/or assist in the capture of data or results to help determine corrective actions.
• Support occasional visits to customers to discuss in-service investigations or other issues relating to delivered products.
• Support occasional visits to suppliers to assist with product design, yield, or performance issues of supplied sub-assemblies or component parts relating to in-production or in-service products.
• Able to produce and review engineering documents such as drawings, specifications, reports, procedures, and change notifications to a high standard.
• Support the preparation of technical proposals, costings and associated documentation for business development activities associated with updates to legacy/in-service products.