Flight Ops Tools Performance Engineer

Description

You will join a team of aircraft performance engineers that builds and maintains the aircraft performance tools and supports their users: pilots, performance engineers, mission planners and flight test staff.

The work covers three programmes: A400M, A330 MRTT and C295/CN235.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of performance tools for military transport aircraft, including electronic flight bag software (current and future versions), the performance engineer program and the performance administration tool, together with the development team.
• Help write aircraft performance content for the flight crew operating manual and the aircraft performance data manual, following the applicable regulations and working with the engineering departments involved.
• Answer customer questions about aircraft performance and how to use the performance tools and electronic flight bag.
• Advise the training and flight operations organisation on aircraft performance for current and future programmes.
• Report to the flight operations aircraft performance lead on activities, risks and issues in your area.
• Define software requirements for customer service performance tools, follow development, test and deliver to customers, working with external partners and internal design, software and performance teams.
• Contribute to transversal software projects where your skills are needed, and support the design office, mission planning and flight test teams.
• Support flight operations services and deliver contracted work on time, within cost and to quality, meeting programme directives. Train new on-site staff and provide remote support when asked.
• Work with the aircraft manufacturer's French commercial organisation, including its customer services and design offices, software contractors and flight test.
• Manage subcontracted work packages for the department, balance cost and quality for each product to meet cost targets, and identify project risks with mitigation plans.
• Maintain customer relations and produce training material and deliveries on flight operations aircraft performance.
• Stay alert to compliance risks and act with integrity.

Conditions

Permanent contract at professional experience level, in the customer flight, mission and operations support job family.

Flexible working arrangements are offered wherever possible.

The company is an equal opportunities employer that welcomes all applicants and never asks candidates for payment during recruitment.