Principal Product Engineer
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About the Role
POWERTECH is seeking a Principal Product Engineer to lead detailed design, analysis, and technical justification of turbofan engine modules and components. The role involves organizing module-level design, ensuring technical validation, and mentoring the product engineering team.
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Responsibilities
- 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 Product Management strategy
- Support manufacturing department through DFM/DFA collaboration
- Ensure appropriate coordination with platforms OEM, key stakeholders and internal teams
- 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 to deploy best in class and new approaches
- Mentor, coach, and develop the product engineering team
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience within turbofan propulsion, aerospace, or other complex engineered systems in engineering management position
- Solid understanding of turbofan architectures, 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
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About POWERTECH
- 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.
About The Role
- The Product Engineering Leader is accountable for detailed design, analysis and technical justification of the turbofan’s modules, components and parts.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
Qualifications & Experience
- 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
Skills
- 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
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