Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Design Release Manager to join our Airframe Team in Lausanne. In this role, you will bridge the gap between initial mechanical concept and full-scale manufacturing, taking complete ownership of the manufacturing dossier for our composite structures and airframe modules.
From day one, you will drive Design for Manufacturability and Design for Assembly directly inside the design loop, before parts are frozen. You will set and hold the release standard, define geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, manage engineering change orders, and act as the single authority signing off on product transfer gates to manufacturing.
Manufacturing Dossier Ownership: Own and maintain the complete transfer package for your designated airframe module, including controlled drawing packages, bill of materials structures, material and finish specifications, critical characteristics, and acceptance criteria.
Design Loop Integration: Collaborate directly with mechanical design engineers early in the design phase to optimize composite layups, bonded joints, tooling interfaces, and tolerance stack-ups while design changes are still fast and low cost.
Transfer Gate & Release Authority: Serve as the final authority on product release packages, evaluating transfer readiness against gate standards before handing hardware over to manufacturing operations.
Disposition & Configuration Management: Manage engineering change orders and serve as the single technical contact for drawing dispositions, non-conformance reviews, and design clarification requests from the production line.
Supplier & Manufacturing Alignment: Work closely with production operations and external suppliers to evaluate manufacturing constraints for composite structures and precision assemblies.
Feedback & Continuous Improvement: Analyze initial production build data and floor feedback to refine manufacturing dossiers and update gate standards for future design iterations.
What We Are Looking For
Background: B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance Analysis: Practical mastery of applying GD&T with intent, performing tolerance stack-up analyses, and defining clear acceptance criteria.
Composite Structures & Manufacturing: Strong working knowledge of composite materials, layup sequences, tooling limitations, cure cycles, and bonded structural joints.

Design Release Engineer at Harmattan AI · LumiJobs

Design Release Engineer

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Harmattan AI

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