Industrialization & Supplier Development Engineer I

About the role

This early‑career position supports supplier development and industrialisation for POWERTECH propulsion programmes, including turbofan, microjet and piston engines. You will combine structured engineering tasks with hands‑on exposure to aerospace manufacturing at supplier sites.

Key responsibilities

• Support supplier process assessments and site visits by collecting technical data and observations.
• Assist with supplier assessment reports, development actions and gate evidence.
• Track supplier development actions and maintain status records.
• Prepare work instructions, manufacturing routings and operation sheets.
• Perform time studies, cycle‑time measurements and manufacturing data collection.
• Support process capability studies and measurement‑data analysis.
• Assist with capacity data collection and capacity models.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations and status updates.
• Review supplier manufacturing documentation for completeness.
• Support FAI and PPAP readiness and evidence collation.
• Participate in first‑off part reviews and process‑validation activities.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective‑action tracking.
• Coordinate activities between suppliers, Engineering, Supply Chain and Product Quality Engineering.
• Develop technical competence in machining, sheet‑metal fabrication and aerospace manufacturing processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing or Materials Engineering.
• 0–3 years of experience; manufacturing internships or graduate placements are advantageous.
• Foundational understanding of machining and sheet‑metal manufacturing processes.
• Ability to read engineering drawings with basic GD&T knowledge.
• Familiarity with inspection, non‑conformance and root‑cause analysis.
• Strong data‑analysis and technical‑reporting capability.
• Willingness to spend significant time on manufacturing shop floors and supplier sites.

Required skills

• Machining processes
• Sheet‑metal fabrication
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) reading
• Inspection techniques
• Non‑conformance analysis
• Root‑cause analysis
• Data analysis
• Technical reporting
• Time study and cycle‑time measurement
• Process capability analysis
• Capacity modeling
• First Article Inspection (FAI)
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• First‑off part review
• Process validation