Systems Architect
Role Overview
Define and maintain the global system architecture of the turbofan and ensure technical coherence across all subsystems.
Key Skills for This Role
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About POWERTECH
POWERTECH is a center of excellence for propulsion technologies, designing, engineering, and manufacturing combustion, expendable turbojet, and turbofan engines.
Its applications include aerospace, defence, and autonomous platforms, including fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs.
Role purpose
Define and maintain the global system architecture of the turbofan and ensure technical coherence across all subsystems.
Responsibilities
- Define functional architecture and system breakdown structure to ensure engine and propulsion-subsystem performance compliance.
- Define MBSE methodologies and the tool suite for the Turbofan team.
- Allocate and manage system-level requirements.
- Lead trade-offs among performance, cost, weight, and durability.
- Manage and maintain interface control documents (ICDs and FICDs).
- Maintain architectural consistency across development phases and interfaces with Product Management, Module Managers, Certification and Safety engineers, and Integration and Test teams.
Basic qualifications
- At least 8 years of experience in turbofan propulsion, aerospace, or other complex engineered systems.
- Understand turbofan architectures, test plan validation, engine performance, engine build-up and dressing, AGB, ECU, engine modules, subsystems, and integration constraints.
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering, MBSE, SysML, V-Cycle, functional decomposition, methodologies, and standards.
- Knowledge of certification schemes such as CS-E and safety principles such as FHA and PSSA.
- Exposure to customers, OEMs, authorities, and complex environments.
Preferred qualifications
- Detail orientation and macro-level perspective; ability to anticipate impacts and arbitrate trade-offs.
- Ability to structure complex information into actionable product decisions under pressure.
- Ability to work across multicultural engineering, manufacturing, supply-chain, and commercial teams.
- Strong communication and synthesis skills and a collaborative approach.
Language
- English proficiency is required for all roles unless otherwise stated in the posting.
Company offering
- EDGE describes learning and development opportunities, career support, and competitive tax-free salaries.
- Depending on role and seniority, benefits may include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance, and education allowances.
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