Purpose of the Job:
- Leading a team of engineers to design and develop a nacelle with primary focus on Inlet and Nacelle Anti-Icing Systems (NAIS).
- Knowledge of inlet, NAIS, acoustics technology, composites design and/or computational fluid dynamics would be an added advantage.
- Ensure that the developed nacelle is compliance with regulatory requirements and of high-quality standard.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers.
Key Job Accountabilities:
Technical Leadership:
- Collaborate with various stakeholders, including engine manufacturers, customer, suppliers, and other engineering teams, to ensure effective inlet and NAIS design and integration.
- To lead, define, manage and implement inlet and NAIS design requirements, including performance, safety, repairability, maintainability and certification.
- To provide technical guidance to the team to create detailed designs for inlet and NAIS, ensuring project milestones, budget, and timelines are met.
Design and Development:
- To lead the conceptual and detailed design and development of nacelle inlet and NAIS, ensuring they meet performance, safety, repairability, maintainability and regulatory standards for certifications.
- To develop in-house engineering standards and best practices for inlet and NAIS design/development and ensure compliance with regulatory standards and industrial standards for certifications.
- To lead and manage the structural design of the inlet and NAIS, including materials selection, stress analysis, and installation interfaces.
- To manage technical risks and design trade-offs to optimize inlet and NAIS performance, reliability, and cost.
- To collaborate with suppliers and partners to select components, materials, and manufacturing processes.
- To prepare project updates, technical reports, presentations, and documentation for internal and external stakeholders (including regulatory authorities).
Test Planning and Validation:
- To lead, develop, manage and implement testing and validation for inlet and NAIS components and systems, ensuring thorough validation of design solutions.
Continuous Improvement:
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on fleet survey, field performance feedback and failure analyses.
Customer Support:
- To lead and provide timely technical repair resolution to customer.
- Review and analyse repair trends; to determine if a design improvement is required.
Reports to
- Director, Aircraft Engineering Department, Cabin Interiors & Engineering Solutions (CIES)
- Technical Leader for Nacelle Business Group
Required Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Avionics Engineering or a related field.
- Minimum 10 to 14 years of extensive engineering technical and project management leadership in inlet and NAIS design, development and testing.
- Experience and having strong knowledge of regulatory requirements on inlet and NAIS
- Familiar with certification of inlet and NAIS.
- Proficient in project management tools and engineering software such as CATIA, Ansys, MSC, etc.
- Excellent leadership, communication, team-work and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient & fluent in spoken and written.
ST Engineering is a global technology, defence and engineering group with a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments. The Group harnesses technology and innovation to solve real-world problems, enabling a more secure and sustainable world. Headquartered in Singapore, it has operations spanning Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S., serving customers in more than 100 countries. ST Engineering reported a revenue of over $11 billion in 2024 and ranks among the largest companies listed on the Singapore Exchange. It is a component stock of MSCI Singapore, FTSE Straits Times Index and Dow Jones Best-in-Class Asia Pacific Index.
About Commercial Aerospace business
ST Engineering's Commercial Aerospace business is a world-class Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service provider with proven solutions for practically every stage of an aircraft life cycle. With 50 years of reputable track record in aviation, backed by a highly experienced team of engineers and technicians across facilities in Asia Pacific, the U.S. and Europe, we know what it takes to keep the world flying safely.
