Flight Test Installation Design Lead
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Flight Test Instrumentation Installation Design Lead responsible for technical leadership in aerospace projects. Collaborating with multi-national teams to ensure compliance and success in design and installation.
Responsibilities:
- An exciting opportunity has opened for an experience Aircraft Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) Installation Design Lead.
- The successful candidate will demonstrate success in directing the design, integration, and documentation of sensors and data acquisition systems on multiple test aircraft programs.
- With support from Project Management, they will manage the full lifecycle from design to installation, ensuring compliance with airworthiness standards, collaboration with structural teams, while ensuring technical leadership to a multi-national design team to meet flight test schedules and milestones.
- Lead teams of multi-national engineers, troubleshoot integration anomalies, and provide assistance/guidance for customer instrumentation technicians during installation and calibration.
- Interface with the customer structural design offices, manufacturing, flight test engineers, systems engineers and airworthiness authorities to ensure compliance.
- Direct contact with the customer/OEM to support their requirements and in support to the commercial project team, maintain technical agreements through the SOW and ECM processes.
- Define FTI installation layouts, wiring harnesses, and structural integration/interfaces, optimizing for weight, safety, and manufacturability.
- Technical delivery for the Creation, review, and handover of 3D CAD models (e.g., CATIA V5) and 2D definition for FTI electrical routing and installations (racks, wiring, antennas, sensors, support brackets).
- Technical support to the customer for successful PDR/CDR gate reviews and management of post gate review exceptions.
- Evaluate new instrumentation technologies, and develop new tools or methods to improve efficiency.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electronic Engineering.
- Lower academic qualifications will be considered with candidates demonstrating an increased level of experience in both FTI integration and leading a team/project.
- Strong CATIA V5 (or similar 3D CAD), PLM tools (e.g., 3DEXP, VPM, TEAMCENTER), and understanding of sensor technologies (accelerometers, pressure transducers, thermocouples).
- Deep understanding of aircraft electrical systems, mechanical installations, data acquisition systems, and EMI/EMC guidelines.
- Strong knowledge of EASA EWIS regulations and CS-25 certification requirements.
- Solid understanding of aircraft zone management, wiring degradation factors, and system safety principles.
- Strong project management and team leadership skills with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication and technical reporting abilities.
- Ability to manage suppliers, assess technical risks, and ensure project quality and compliance.
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset with attention to detail.
- Commercial awareness for project success.
- Strong customer support focus. Timely completion of instrumentation deliverables. Quality of definition deliverables and reduction in installation design errors.
- Working knowledge of PLM tools, documentation standards, and engineering configuration control.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira).
- Additional European language skills (e.g., French or German) are an advantage.
Benefits:
- Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
- We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
- Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
- Competitive company benefits
- Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
- As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
- Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
- Communicating and promoting vacancies
- Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
- Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people
- “We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.
- We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive
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