System Sensor Suite Engineer - (US-IL-Rockford)

System Sensor Suite Engineer - (US-IL-Rockford)

Compensation: $90K - $110K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: W01-208-4JA

Experience Required : 3 - 5 years
Degree Required : 4 Year Degree
Travel Required : to 25%

Position Purpose The Staff Engineer, Mechanical reports to the Engineering Leader and is responsible for providing a moderate to high level of product design, mentoring to other Engineers and participation in process improvements, strategic planning and presentations. This position works under a low level of supervision with a high level of independent work. The Staff Engineer provides awareness and understanding of overall project portfolio, interactions and issues. This position has a high level of industry/Customer contact and industry awareness. In addition, this position participates in enterprise negotiation and provides technical evaluation of new opportunities within the PLC process.
Specifically for this position, the successful candidate will interface with customer and vendor development and production engineering staff to develop and maintain an engine fuel delivery system used on an aircraft engine. The candidate must be able to lead a (10 person) multi-functional team (engineers, designers, technicians, and other support personnel) which is handling development and certification of the engine fuel delivery system. The Candidate must have excellent technical skills to evaluate system performance data and participate in defect isolation, defect reduction, process re-engineering teams and cost reduction projects.

Essential Functions Plans, schedules and coordinates detailed phases of a major project or in a total project system of moderate scope.
May carry out complex or novel research assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures.
Promotes and implements process improvements company-wide. May write product standard design guidelines.
Provides direct support of sales and development by sharing information in the form of major/complex proposals and design reviews.
Independently writes and performs complex component tests.
Manage customers, suppliers, and in-house personnel to meet technical specifications, schedules and cost commitments on development projects.

Lead system engineering team which has responsibility for supplier design components and works with multiple internal development engineering teams.

Manage technical aspects of the system:
Retrieval and Negotiation of Overall System Requirements
System Requirements allocation to system elements
System Integration design, performance stack-up, coordination, test and reporting
System Certification (V&V) coordination and documentation
Review customer and supplier engineering changes and hold supplier engineering change approval authority.
Lead suppliers in improving product quality, processes and reducing lead-time.

Must be willing to travel. Travel can be up to 20% of the job. Some international travel.

Experience Greater than 8 years in related field required, including post-graduate experience.
Knowledge of harnessing and electromechanical sensors such as resolvers, hall-effect devices, LVDT's, RVDT's, variable reluctance (speed) sensors, RDT's, Delta Pressure Switches and Permanent Magnet Alternators, dc motors and solenoids a plus.
Knowledge of pump, filtration, heat exchanger, fuel manifold and nozzles a plus.

Candidate Must Have :

* BS degree in Engineering
* Experience in scheduling and coordinating detailed phases of a major project or in a total project system
* Knowledge of pump, filtration, heat exchanger, fuel manifold and nozzles a plus.

Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.

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