Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award-winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality, and industrial design.
At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!
In the UK, Safran Seats specializes solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.
The purpose of the role is to lead the local R&T function to develop and support the R&T effort steered from the Safran Seats R&T roadmap.
Key responsibilities:
1. Be accountable for the responsibilities of the R&T thematic global leads which are in his team.
2. Support his team in the execution of the R&T projects they are entrusted with:
1. Assist all R&T thematic global leads in their missions locally.
2. Provide adequate resources from his team or assist the allocation of resources from other functions (esp. Engineering), or from third parties to execute the agreed scope of work while meeting the agreed budget of the said project.
3. Be responsible for the execution efficiency of the projects executed by the core R&T team he manages.
4. Manage his local core team, in particular:
1. Assess their performance objectives in coordination with the relevant R&T thematic global leads.
2. Provide coaching and tutoring and be responsible for the competencies and professional development of its members.
5. Strategic planning of engineering research projects in line with Technology Roadmaps.
6. Act as the Primary Point of Contact for global R&T initiatives.
7. Generate external financial support to maintain long-term research activity.
8. Seek to create research partnerships with Universities and Technology-based enterprises.
9. Support the creation of RFQ data to support innovative product development and the release of data to support technology implementation at project launch.
10. Promote Engineering capabilities through publications in International journals.
11. Attend conferences and exhibitions to collect and assess technical information.
12. Liaise with business functions to support research activities.
Disciplined – Following methods and decisions diligently in order to improve performance.
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