Senior Lead Engineer – Repair Engineering

Overview

Senior Repair Engineering professional providing technical solutions and repair designs for Collins Aerostructures commercial nacelle hardware, to minimize aircraft downtime and ensure compliance with certified type design and FAA/EASA airworthiness requirements.

What you'll do

• Quickly understand and assess airlines' unique requirements and provide technical and informational support for in-service issues.
• Review maintenance documentation to identify solutions for in-service concerns and look proactively for potential fleet solutions.
• Review engineering drawings and installations to resolve customer questions and concerns.
• Investigate problems and provide engineering dispositions of discrepancies to return airplanes to revenue service.
• Design repair solutions for medium to complex technical issues requiring creativity and ingenuity.
• Make engineering judgments and perform repair design development on metallic and composite structures.
• Communicate with airline customers for rapid development of technical solutions and work with airframers, engine manufacturers and suppliers to evaluate repair technical data.
• Work with the Collins Spares team and airline/field support managers to resolve customer issues.
• Comply with US and country-specific export control requirements.
• Report into the Aftermarket technical services manager.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aeronautics, with 6 to 10 years of relevant experience in a similar role.
• Sound knowledge of developing repairs for metallic and/or composite structures, various inspection methods and common defects.
• Technical understanding of maintenance, repair, overhaul and regulatory requirements in the commercial aircraft industry.
• Flexibility to work day shifts, weekends and holidays, on rotation as required.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with short lead times, handling multiple repair tasks.

Nice to have

• Functional knowledge of nacelle systems and their components on civil aircraft programs.
• Previous experience in an aftermarket customer support engineering organization.
• Very good familiarity and working knowledge of CRM systems such as MS Dynamics.
• Conversant with maintenance manuals such as CMM, AMM, SRM, SB, AD, etc.
• Concessions experience (wings, fuselage) in both metallic and composite.
• Good verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in handling repair, maintenance and retrofit processes, practices and documentation.
• Good team player, willing to work in a dynamic and fast-paced collaborative environment.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, multi-task and manage time effectively.
• Basic knowledge of nacelle systems for legacy and new aircraft programs such as B787, A320Neo and A350.
• Basic knowledge of EASA/FAA requirements and associated repair documentation.
• Strong knowledge of CATIA V5 (part, assembly, surface design tools); added advantage with CATIA CPD/CPE, Fibersim for composites and Enovia.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Northgate, Sy No 2/2 Venkatala Village, Yelahanka Hobli).
• Work mode: Hybrid, with the onsite/offsite ratio determined with the leader.
• Day shifts, weekends and holidays, on rotation as required.
• Commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee's personal responsibility.