The ideal candidate will embody Nidec’s key pillars of Passion, Enthusiasm, and Tenacity with their passion to learn, enthusiasm to exceed market expectations, and tenacity to solve complex technical issues. From ideation to production, you will work with a diverse and experienced team of design engineers to support aerospace industry leaders and spearhead technological advances in transport decarbonization.
Job Description
Location: Atlanta, Georgia or Brazil
PURPOSE OF ROLE
The Safety Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the Electric Engines are designed according to the safety standards required for aerospace applications. The Safety Engineer will capture the safety requirements, perform safety analysis of the design, and elaborate the documentation to demonstrate the equipment complies with the safety requirements.
The safety Engineer will influence the design team (system, motor and electronics) so that the design meet the required safety and reliability requirements.
For this position the candidate will work in a collaborative cross-functional environment for the development of an Electric Engine.
Job Description
Responsible for the capture of the safety requirements form the customer specification and regulatory requirements
Responsible for the safety review of the preliminary system and equipment architecture
Responsible for the execution of safety related activities for compliance with ARP4761
Responsible for the elaboration of safety and reliability analysis and documentation such as, but not limited to:
System Safety Assessment.
Fault Tree Analysis.
FMEA/FMECA.
Common mode Analysis.
Particular Risks Analysis
Use of reliability prediction computational tools such as Ram Commander to evaluate equipment failure rates
Interface with the System, Equipment and Electronics engineer in order to ensure the safety related aspects.
Interface with the customer as focal point for cybersecurity aspects
Capture equipment requirements for compliance with cybersecurity regulation
TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
Experience with new product development and phase-gate processes
Experience with System Safety Assessment of aerospace systems and ARP4761
Experience with safety analysis of electronics equipment and circuits
Experience with electronics reliability prediction
Willingness to work with, and travel to, domestic and international design and manufacturing locations when necessary.
Manages complexity
Manages ambiguity
Communicates effectively
Collaborates
Plans and organizes
Attention to detail
Cultivates Innovation
Builds networks
Interpersonal savvy
Action oriented
Optimizes work processes
Balances stakeholders
Being resilient
Customer focus
Nimble learning
PREFERRED
Experience in safety aspects of high voltage equipment
Experience in FAA Part 23 or Part 25.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s or Master’s or PhD’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Control Engineering, or a related field
7 years of experience in Safety Assessment for Electronic Equipment
Additional Job Details
Technical – T4
Organizational Impact
Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with major impact on departmental or job family results, using extensive technical principles
Seasoned technical contributor; works under limited supervision
Works independently on a wide range of moderately complex projects and may be responsible for entire projects or processes within team
May contribute to the development of goals and planning efforts for the department
Communication & Influence
Communicates with senior leadership and employees within and outside of department and/or job family on matters that require explanation, interpretation and/or advising; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
Influences employees within the business unit to agree and align on new concepts, practices and approaches
Innovation & Complexity
Responsible for moderate to significant improvements of technical/business processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
Problems are moderately complex, requiring application of broad and deep experience and technical expertise, and may impact multiple departments and/or job family
Leadership & Talent Management
Coaches, reviews and delegates work to other professionals
Manages end-to-end projects or processes
Knowledge & Experience
Requires extensive (deep or broad) technical knowledge of specialty area with cross-functional and working knowledge of industry practices/other areas, typically obtained through advanced education and strong experience
Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
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No Soliciting
Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.
