Ready to take your career stratospheric?

AALTO is a global leader in the stratosphere. We design, manufacture and offer Earth observation and connectivity services using our record-breaking Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) solar-electric unmanned aircraft, capable of staying in the stratosphere for days, weeks, and months at a time.

Powered entirely by the sun, Zephyr operates above 60,000 feet, high above conventional air traffic. As a new layer in Earth observation and connectivity ecosystems, Zephyr is positioned between satellites and more conventional terrestrial assets – filling in the operational gap between the two layers, while remaining a complementary solution capable of working in a system of systems.

Services delivered with Zephyr can empower government and commercial customers with capabilities to see and sense or connect from the stratosphere – making a meaningful impact on the ground, from the skies.

Join Team AALTO as we create this new, up-and-coming frontier, and be a part of a highly-skilled, innovative and passionate group of people working together to make sure “the future is stratospheric."

Job Summary

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you will assist with the design, development and delivery of Electrical products for the various Zephyr programs.

Working within a larger engineering team you will help produce the digital design record and liaise with both inhouse and external production and assembly/installation teams. This is an exciting position in a growing team with many developing programs which are providing stretching design challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Support both the Avionics and Systems Engineering teams to evolve the production design record for changes and new concepts

• Provide detailed Electrical design solutions using SolidWorks Electrical toolset

• Knowledge of electrical component selection to meet schematic requirements

• Be a point of contact in the support loop for electrical design queries and provide ‘at elbow’ build line support to production team – in resolving emergent issues

• Participate in and/or run design maturity gate reviews associated with delegated design packages and AALTO design process

• Provide support/guidance to the Electrical testing associated with clearing new or modified designs

• Capture agreed changes in-line with the change control processes to protect the content and currency of the design and build records

• Continuous improvement - Proactively identify any improvements that could positively affect either quality, product, product performance or the production cycle

• Work closely with production and procurement teams to ensure consideration has been given to any DFM aspects early in the design lifecycle

• Take responsibility for the progression of your own delegated work packages

• Coaching/Mentoring – we have a growing team with some junior engineers so at times you will be expected to guide/lead an individual or 2.

Qualifications

• 5+ years Extensive experience in an aviation electrical design role

• Degree/HND or similar demonstrable relevant qualification/experience in Electrical, aero design engineering

• Must have SolidWorks(or similar)+ 3 years gained in a work environment and be a proficient user of SolidWorks Electrical ideally, or similar.

• PDM experience – Experience of a PDM toolset

• Experience in developing new solutions for cutting edge applications

• Demonstrable experience of taking a system technical requirement and providing a complete design solution to meet the requirement

In addition to salary, we offer:

• Rewarding Excellence: Benefit from our short-term incentive plan that rewards your hard work and dedication.

• Enjoy Your Time Off: Benefit from 25 days of holiday to relax and recharge.

• Stay Healthy: We’ve got your health covered with private medical insurance, along with dental and optical cash back.

• Secure Your Future: Take advantage of our personal pension plan to ensure a comfortable retirement.

• Peace of Mind: Our income protection and life assurance schemes are there to support you when you need it most.

• We Care About You: Our employee assistance programme is always available to provide the support you need.

• Perks Galore: Enjoy a range of employee discounts via Perkbox, because you deserve a treat!

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