Senior Materials Engineer

3 months ago


Pitstone, United Kingdom Safran Electrical & Power Full time

Job Description

Senior Materials Engineer
Pitstone, Tring, Hertfordshire
£ Competitive

Benefits: 8% Bonus, Excellent Pension, 33 Days Holiday, Dental, BUPA, Workplace nursery scheme, Midday finish on Fridays, Enhanced family friendly policies, Wellbeing programme, Employee assistance programme including health and finance, Onsite subsidised canteen

Skills: Materials science, NDT, Metallurgical science, Surface treatment, Testing, Materials analysis, Polymers, Composites, Technical reporting

At Safran Electrical & Power, we recognise that aviation needs to innovate and change in order to protect our environment. We believe that future aircraft power systems will be hybrid-electric or full-electric, which is why we are working to develop and deliver advanced electrical solutions to help decarbonise flight.

The UK Safran Electrical & Power team has expertise in designing and developing electrical systems comprising generators, power conversion, distribution and control, with developing expertise in electric motors for aircraft propulsion.

If you want to help deliver this future, we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join our team.

The Role

As a Senior Materials Engineer at Safran Electrical & Power you will provide guidance on materials and process matters, ensuring production line continuity, as well as providing support for R&D and R&T projects. You will improve reliability and cost effectiveness in future motor and generator designs. You will work closely with suppliers and customers to ensure optimal solutions are provided to ensure our products are safe to fly. You will carry out in-depth material investigations and analysis, defining root cause analysis particularly when related to metallic material issues, joining technologies and NDT.

• Act as a focal point for issues related to materials and processes, providing expertise to carry out in-depth investigations
• Issues will include diagnosing and suggesting solutions to production problems, as well as acting as one of the project team to recommend approached or analyses for a new design
• Act proactively to improve reliability and cost effectiveness in future motor and generator designs
• Participate in customer briefings and design reviews by providing technical guidance to ensure the electrical generators maintain the highest possible quality standard
• Work with suppliers and customers to ensure optimal solutions ensuring products are safe to fly
• Maintain and update material and process specifications in line with the latest technology
• Coach graduates or less experienced engineers

Complementary Description

Get involved:

We also have a number of groups and forums onsite that you can get involved with, including Women at Safran, STEM ambassadors, employee forum, charity partnerships and wellbeing programme.

Our Wellbeing Programme in Pitstone aims to place employee wellbeing at the heart of our business, and we integrate it within all that we do. The programme is made up of four wellbeing committees; Healthy Minds, Physical, Social & Financial. Our enhanced family friendly policies re-enforce our commitment to providing a workplace that is both diverse and inclusive.

Job Requirements

We are looking for candidates with a range of skills and experience, but we're also keen to help people grow and develop in this role. If you have some or all of the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Degree in engineering or other relevant experience
• Substantial experience in materials
• Specialisation in metallurgical science through academic qualification or working experience
• Aerospace experience desirable
• Experience and exposure to writing technical reports
• Experience and knowledge in joining technologies
• Evidence of written English at interview stage

Specificity of the job

As required



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