KEY PURPOSE OF JOB

Product development and manufacturing aerospace engineering company in Somerset West has a permanent position for a product engineer to take responsibility for the industrialisation, support, customisation and improvement of Company’s products and processes.

KEY TASKS

Evolution and Customization of Company Products:

• Support the Product Manager in all phases of evolution and customization of products (including design, qualification, industrialization and engineering support during production).
• Support the Product Engineer in the development and/or updating of verification plans, test procedures and test environments related to the evolution and customization of products.
• Responsible for the identification and resolution of issues and risks under the guidance of the Product Manager.
• Responsible for project deliverables in line with time, cost and quality targets.
• Monitoring and reporting to the Product Manager on the status of deliverables on projects.

Engineering Support of Product Line:

• Responsible for engineering support to the Production team (including logistics and testing) of the Company Products.
• Responsible for completion and updating of Technical documentation on Company Products.
• Responsible for investigation and resolution of product deviations during production process and client feedback.
• Responsible for organising and executing testing at offsite test facilities, where required.
• Perform continuous improvement in terms of standardisation, technologies, architecture, best practices etc. under the guidance of the Product Manager.

Configuration Management:

• Support configuration control of relevant technical documentation and software programs of products.
• Support implementation of and compliance to engineering technical standards, policies and procedures.
• Other ad-hoc duties as required by company.

PREREQUISITES

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

•  BSc(ENG), BEng, in Mechatronics Engineering (or Electrical and Electronic) from a recognised institution

Experience & Knowledge:

•  5 -8 years of relevant work experience.
•  Experience in electronics hardware design (Preferably in Altium Designer)
•  Good knowledge of analogue and digital electronics.
•  Embedded software development, integration and testing. (C/C++)
•  Working knowledge of python.
•  Mechanical design and manufacturing methods are required (Preferably in Solid Works)
•  Experience with formal configuration management princples.

Additional knowledge areas that would strengthen the application:

• Knowledge of satellite subsystems and the space environment.
• Experience with the ECSS product development and environmental testing standards

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

•  Positive self-motivated, self-starter attitude
•  Responsible
•  Team player
•  Good written and oral communication skills
•  Customer focused
•  Able to persuade and influence others
•  Flexible and able to multi-task, can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment
•  Resourcefulness in setting priorities.

LANGUAGE

•  English
•  Afrikaans