Staff / Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer - Flight Control Actuation

Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Leads and manages complex mechanical engineering projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and technical standards.
• Technical Advisory: Provides expert guidance to management on advanced mechanical engineering solutions and best practices to enhance product development and process efficiency.
• Process Improvement: Develops and implements innovative mechanical systems and methodologies to optimize operational efficiency and product quality.
• Problem Solving: Analyzes and resolves intricate engineering challenges by applying sophisticated analytical techniques and innovative thinking.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partners with cross-disciplinary teams to integrate mechanical engineering solutions into broader organizational initiatives and projects.

Key Skills

• Mechanical Design: Expertise in designing and developing complex mechanical systems and components.
• Project Leadership: Proficient in leading cross-functional projects from inception to successful completion.
• Analytical Problem Solving: Skilled in using sophisticated analytical methods to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Technical Advisory: Provides expert guidance to leadership on advanced mechanical engineering initiatives.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effectively collaborates with multiple teams across different disciplines to achieve project goals.
• Innovative Solution Development: Identifies and implements innovative engineering solutions to address business challenges.
• Process Improvement: Recommends and applies best practices to enhance engineering processes and services.
• Complex Systems Analysis: Capable of performing in-depth evaluations of intricate mechanical systems and data.
• Strategic Communication: Communicates complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively to diverse stakeholders.
• Advanced Technical Acumen: Demonstrates extensive technical knowledge and expertise in mechanical engineering principles.

Senior Staff Key Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules and coordinates detailed phases of a major project or in a total project system of moderate scope.
• Promotes and implements process improvements company-wide.
• May write product standard design guidelines.
• Performs work which involves conventional engineering practices, but includes a variety of complex features, such as conflicting design requirements, non-standard materials and difficult coordination requirements.
• Provides direct support of sales and development by sharing information in the form of major/complex proposals and design reviews.
• Independently troubleshoots/analyzes system problems.

Senior Staff Key Skills

• Effective written and verbal communication skills including presentations, (Customer, internal and management).
• Writes and communicates critical reports.
• Led and participates in complex design reviews, internally and Customer.
• Expert technical writing skills (procedures, reports, etc.).
• Competent complex problem solving/troubleshooting skills for both components and subsystems.
• Promotes a cross-functional project team environment, communicates with Customers and leads small teams.
• May participate in setting technical direction/product strategies.
• Provides technical problems-solving guidance to others.
• Working knowledge of standards and the ability to apply complex groupings of standards into designs.
• Ability to quickly learn, interpret and apply new standards.
• Competent use and application of FEA tools; solid use of DFSS tools and methodologies; solid knowledge of Engineering quality systems (PLC, Engineering change, configuration management); solid ability to compute steady state results.
• Complete understanding of component functions and testing requirements.
• Understands manufacturing processes, drawings and geometric tolerances as well as shop standards.
• May direct or lead several Engineers.
• May have company-recognized expertise.
• May represent Woodward at conferences and industrial events.
• Demonstrates leadership skills; ability to drive results across organizational boundaries.