A multinational aerospace and defense company, specialising in the design and development of aircraft systems and equipment, are on the lookout of a Manufacturing Data Systems Engineer to support their production team.
What will I be doing?
Reporting to the Assembly Methods Manager you will be responsible for leading and coordinating the improvement and deployment activities when applicable for the software and applications used in the assembly department (Manufacturing Engineering Data System, MES - Manufacturing Execution System, PowerBI, etc…).
Main Responsibilities:
You will represent the assembly department in site or global workgroups set up to share experience and best practices, prepare deployment activities, etc.
You will coordinate training activity on those systems for the Assembly personnel where applicable.
You will coordinate non-regression testing activities on software upgrades or modifications when and where applicable.
You will support cross-site deployment activities when required.
You will develop a network of key users within the department in order to develop expertise and problem solving aptitude.
You will provide visibility on changes coming and build a roadmap with key activities and resource needed.
You will provide clear visibility of the work progress: risk analysis, training, support needed, migration steps, etc…
Management:
Implement development approaches and validation/integration/verification phases
Draft and maintain development plans
Identify technical and scheduling risks, implement and manage risk-reduction actions
Manage development within the company and at subcontractors
Prepare and present certification files
Manage compliance reviews of specifications, verification procedures and code
Ensure skills development and knowledge capitalization within the assembly teams
Architecture and development:
Draw up software specifications in terms of functionality and performance, human-machine
Interfaces and user-friendliness, with associated justifications
Design and develop components, select and integrate COTS or open-source components and simulate software architectures and the filters and adjustments needed to achieve the requisite performance
Design architectures in accordance with the platform (embedded or non-embedded software), network architectures, database architectures and corresponding data security measures
Prepare the justification files
Generate the necessary code, either manually or using automatic code generation tools
Desirable
Integration and verification:
Draw up software test plans and verification procedures and associated test scenarios
Integrate software modules with each other and with the hardware
Use simulation tools to verify specifications
Tabulate and analyse verification and qualification results, internally and/or with the customer
Produce the test justification file
Preferred Candidate Skills & Requirements
Understanding & experience of working with MES systems
Experience of leading new software deployments
Understanding the production process
Understanding of data flow in relation with technical documentation on the shopfloor
Business Awareness
Draw up software specifications in terms of functionality and performance, human-machine
Interfaces and user-friendliness, with associated justifications
Design and develop components, select and integrate COTS or open-source components and simulate software architectures and the filters and adjustments needed to achieve the requisite performance
Design architectures in accordance with the platform (embedded or non-embedded software), network architectures, database architectures and corresponding data security measures
Prepare the justification files
Generate the necessary code, either manually or using automatic code generation tools