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Wetzikon, Zh, Ch

Wetzikon (Zürich), Zürich, Schweiz

Dahlewitz

- Leading maintenance activities (e.g. scheduled, retrofit, troubleshooting) for the flight test engines to secure flight worthiness and mission ready conditions throughout the flight test program - Represent Rolls-Royce at the Operator’s Flight Test Center as primary point of contact to resolve issues arising from the engine integratio & testing, as well as to provide technical guidance and advice in the identification and evaluation of flight test issues.- Lead, Structure and Coordinate daily operations to support the customer planned flight test schedules and to responsible for maintaining effective technical and operational & logistic communication.- Managing flight test experiments for the flight test engines and the delivery of safety and reliability critical test data- Primary interface for the customer operations lead for all engine related acitivities - Create & Review technical work instructions for on & off wing activities- Lead on leassons identified and investigation acitivitites- Manage on site tooling, spares and consumables as well as OMAT, GSE and SPTE

Dahlewitz

- Leading a strategic important multimillion capability program for certification purposes within the Civil Large (CLE) and Civil Small & Medium Engines (CSME) sector. - Lead on the requirements management, provide technical and commercial consultancy and prepare senior management decision papers including business case evaluations- Technical and commercial Leadership with 3 off Rolls-Royce sites involved (Dahlewitz, Derby & Indianapolis), 6 off managed service suppliers, more than 60 off manufacturing suppliers involved and >50 off specialists from all sup-departments.- Creation, Maintenance and continuous improvement of the mangament information system to support progress tracking, leadership reporting, budget control, risk and opportunity management and lessons learned logs.- Acting as bridge builder, cross functional leader and motivator- Contract negotiations, scope management, Management of managed service suppliers and manufacturing suppliers

Dahlewitz, Brandenburg, Deutschland

Key Responsibilities:- Leading the test management of complex rig demonstrators as well as development jetengines for certification purposes through all test phases (Concept, Design, Make, Instrumentation, Build, Test preparation & execution, Disassembly, Inspection, Report and Close-Out)- Acting as senior representative and single point of contact (internally & externally) as well asbeing responsible for all issues and decisions associated with the engines- Focused on customer & stakeholder management (internal & external customers, programdirectors, chief engineers, program managers, designers and specialists from all engineeringdisciplines)- Budget and resource planning as well as scheduling & overall management of development programs- Opportunity & risk management- Selection, management und integration of international supply chains including technicaldefinition of scope and commercial contract negotiations- Leading on the interpretation of results including failure analysis & root cause investigationand its subsequent implementation of counter measures

Dahlewitz

Key Accountabilities:• Lead and develop Vibration, Materials, Structure, Fire, Environmental, Spinning, Combustor, and Aerothermal test execution and related interfaces for civil Engines• Leading the Design & Make process of rig demonstrators• Management and integration of technical requirements and internal & external resources• Risk & mitigation management• Selection and integration of supply chains including technical definition of the scope, scope changes and commercial contract negotiations• Definition and management of test bed and facility upgrades including capability assessments and identification of technical gaps • Supervision & management of the test assembly, preparation & execution, disassembly & inspection and return of hardware • Customer & stakeholder management including the preparation of test relevant documentation, reporting and audits

Dahlewitz

Key Accountabilities:• Operational guidance of service, design and stress engineers ensuring delivery of tasks within schedule, costs and quality • Transnational project management incl. subcontracting, customer and scope management

Technical University Berlin

- Research in experimental applied sciences of gas turbines’ aero-acoustics - Responsibility for preparation, execution and simulation of acoustical tests in combustors

Institute Of Joining And Coating Technologies

- Research in experimental applied sciences for schlieren-optical material and welding tests - In charge of planning, organization and execution of an optical test rig - Responsibility for executive reporting to the research committee

Diplom Engineer, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: - jet engines and gas turbines (construction, gas dynamics) - project assistance in interdisciplinary.

Stipendiat, Maschinenbau