Product/platform architect M/F

Job description

Safran est un groupe international de haute technologie opérant dans les domaines de la propulsion et des équipements aéronautiques, de l’espace et de la défense. Implanté sur tous les continents, le Groupe emploie plus de 58 000 collaborateurs pour un chiffre d'affaires de 16,5 milliards d'euros en 2017. Safran est une société cotée sur Euronext Paris et fait partie des indices CAC 40 et Euro Stoxx 50.

En février 2018, Safran a pris le contrôle de Zodiac Aerospace, élargissant ainsi son périmètre d’activités dans le domaine des équipements et systèmes aéronautiques. Zodiac Aerospace emploie environ 32 500 collaborateurs et a réalisé un chiffre d’affaires annuel de 5,1 milliards d’euros au 31 août 2017.

Safran est classé dans le Top 100 Global Innovators de Thomson Reuters ainsi que dans le palmarès « Happy at work » des sociétés où il fait bon vivre. Le Groupe est en 4ème position du classement Universum des entreprises préférées des jeunes ingénieurs en France.

Safran Seats France , 1600 personnes, plus de 500 millions de CA, conçoit, fabrique et commercialise des sièges pour l’aviation civile.

Pour plus d’informations : www.safran-group.com / Suivez @Safran sur Twitter

Based on marketing strategy (customer needs), the architect must structure the platform / product in order to meet the customer's needs and Quality and product cost by taking into account the internal and external constraints and requirements .

Role and responsibilities:

· Analyze market segments and customer needs with the marketing organization to develop new product architectures
· Understand product vision, business needs and all technical requirements
· Maintain product roadmap and architectural standards that assure product development projects optimally align with business objectives which include platform management
· Define product requirements and product architectural solutions (driving development work packages)
· Develop optimal architectural and design principles to improve performance, capacity, scalability and reusability of the product
· Interface with other ZODIAC SEATS departments/activities to insure concurrency of design philosophies with company strategy.
· Define product requirements that address market opportunities.
· Manages introduction of new concepts and technologies in the product w.r.t. TRL, market differentiation, risks analysis, technical debt management, ability to produce
· Ensure, liaising with Quality, Production and Customer Support, product return of experience in production and operational life is captured and used to enhance the product.
· Ensure and is accountable for the Design Authority role on the product-platform itself during P3 & P2 projects
· Supports the product-platform implementation in customer’s projects (P1 & P0) as the deputy to the chairman of the platform change control board
· Approve the global specification & deviations,
· Arbitrate between technical choices or compromises to ensure coherence of the products with its needs (eg. Approbation of major changes)).
· Maintains awareness of product “users” (marketing, bid & sales and program teams) w.r.t. product architecture, features, roadmap and return on experience
· Support pre-sales and product management teams in customers solution demonstrations
· Serve as technical coordinator during the proposal stage of projects, and provide technical guidelines and direction for the proposal package.
· Participate in all pre-pricing and proposal reviews to assure that proper scheduling and content are included.
· Participate in the development of the ZODIAC SEATS Technology Roadmap.
· Participate in industry Technical Forums representing ZODIAC SEATS
· Design, support and monitor cost reduction initiatives considering all levers & requirements for (re) design to cost
· Support functions, program management and project engineering teams to solution engineering efforts
· Define product validation policies so as to deliver products that meet system and project expectations
· Facilitate the creation, review, and sign off of project deliverables
· Provide support for production escalations and problem resolution for customers
· Assist technical team with issues needing technical expertise or complex systems knowledge
· The Senior Architects manages the architects under his responsibility and ensures the overall portfolio of platforms under his technical responsibility achieves synergies generating a global optimum for the branch

Knowledge and skills:

· The product-platform architects have an in-depth knowledge of their products along their lifecycle and has experienced developing it in the engineering organization.
· Develop broad knowledge about current and future product features.
· Customer orientation
· Systems Engineering (Requirements Engineering, MBSE, Functional design)
· In a multi-disciplinary context mixing electrical/mechanical/SW (eg: automotive, defense…)
· Product Line Engineering, Modular Design
· Configuration Management
· Tradeoff analysis
· Excellent leadership skills, proactive
· Ability to influence without authority, experiences in transversal/X-teams work, Team player with experience leading and collaborating cross-team
· Basic design skills
· Proven problem solving skills
· Proficient with MS Office
· Able to multi-task and manage numerous projects/products/platform
· Design skills
· Tolerance stack-ups
· GD&T
· DFMEA-PFMEA
· Configuration Management Skills
· Cognizant of the current standards of the aircraft industry and warrant specifications including FAA and CAA/JAA rules applicable to the product.
· Proven problem solving skills

Desired Computer Knowledge and Skills :

· Systems Engineering tools
· Requirement Management : DOORS, Integrity, Jama, Polarion,…. or similar
· MBSE / functional design : UML modelling, Archimate, Magic Draw… or similar
· PLM (BOMs and Configuration Management) : Windchill, Enovia, Teamcenter, ARAS, Advitium, Audros…. or alike
· Proficient with MS Office

Communication Skill:

· Must have the ability to generate written communication and to operate required office equipment.
· Ability to read and review written communication.
· Speech and hearing abilities that allow individual to communicate clearly and distinctly in English.
· Must be able to speak publicly and give presentations.

Aux portes des Châteaux de Loire et de la Touraine (1h15 en voiture ou en train), Safran Seats vous accueille dans sa région Centre Val De Loire.

Entre Bourges et Châteauroux (35 min. en voiture), notre position géographique vous garantit également des accès autoroutiers (A71 et A20) et ferroviaires (train direct pour Paris 2h00) stratégiques.

Venez partager avec nous la gastronomie, culture et musique de notre région.

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