A Swiss company created in 2017 by the leadership team of Solar Impulse, André Borschberg, Sebastien Demont, and Gregory Blatt, H55 has accumulated design, development, certification and electric flight experience. Its proven track record in developing electric propulsion, battery packs and battery systems comes from having worked on and flown 2 Solar Impulse airplanes, the Twister Aero1 acrobatic aircraft, and the Bristell Energic.
At H55, you will work with a very forward-looking team who are changing the paradigms of air transportation. H55 is composed of highly skilled and talented engineers, entrepreneurs and managers, all like-minded professionals who understand how technological innovation can make air transportation cleaner, safer and affordable.
As the technological spin-off of Solar Impulse, the first electric airplane to fly around the world, the mission of H55 is to make aviation clean, safe, and affordable.
The company’s strengths and competencies lie in developing propulsion and energy storage solutions which are modular, lightweight, and certifiable.
H55 is financed by a reputable group of investors from Silicon Valley and Switzerland, and as such, is well positioned for its next stage of development. The company’s short-term priorities include building up its engineering team, putting into place production facilities, and creating a North American subsidiary.
Your Role
As the Hardware Team Leader, you will be part of the Design Organization (DOA PART-21J). The perimeter of the hardware team covers ECBA (Electronic Control Board Assembly) level activities related to the H55 Electric Propulsion System performed at H55 HQ in Sion. You will report to the Head of Design Organization. Your main responsibilities will include:
* Manage the Hardware Team (HW/ECBA): organize and lead the team towards time, cost and quality commitments. Provide clear direction and be able to filter requests to ensure they are aligned with your objectives.
* Develop / Maintain the team: ensuring the team skills are coherent with the needs and establish necessary training plans to enable team efficiency.
* Establish team growth roadmap and strategy to sustain H55 evolution expectations.
* Manage the day to day deployment of resources complying with project and programme needs.
* Establish and monitor team budgets.
* Ensure and facilitate efficient integration with other interfaced teams.
* Provide reporting of the team status to Head of Product Development.
* Be responsible for creating and ensuring the team follows standard processes and procedures, crucially as the company moves towards certification.
* Support product milestone reviews by providing experience and expertise.
* Conduct reviews of design data, analyses and test procedures pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials and reports to ensure technical maturity and compliance with regulatory and customer requirements. Reviews entail advanced engineering principles, company standards, and procedures. Determines required actions and performs follow-up activities.
Your profile
You have demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a highly fast-changing environment. Specifically, this includes:
* University degree (min. bachelor) in a relevant engineering discipline (HW and product development, Power Electronics, Energy Systems) with a minimum of +5 years of experience.
* Be a team player and be able to lead by example.
* Be able to make decisions rationally based on trade-offs between cost, time, quality, safety and performance.
* Enable team decisions and be able to justify them clearly, either internally to H55 or to external stakeholders.
* Thorough knowledge of the product and ECBA development engineering disciplines, to mentor and coach team members.
* Demonstrated experience and expertise as a team leader.
* Good understanding of aviation standards in the field of activity.
* Basic understanding of EASA Part 21, EASA Certification Specifications and certification principles.
* Experience working in Electrical Propulsion Systems (Propulsion unit and/or Energy storage is a plus).
* Knowledgeable on Aerospace processes & standards like ARP 4754, DO-254, CS23 or equivalent.
* Demonstrated success in working as a team player, capable of interacting with people from diverse backgrounds and skillsets.
* Target-oriented, with analytic problem-solving capabilities.
* Well organized including the ability to properly document.
* Capacity to prioritize, manage time effectively and multi-task.
* Fluency in English (oral and written), French is an asset.
What we offer
* An amazing work location in Sion, Valais in the heart of the Swiss Alps.
* A highly dynamic and multicultural environment where you can grow and learn by working on ambitious challenges to shape the future of Electric Aviation.
* We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.
Sounds interesting? We look forward to meeting you!
H55 is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of nationality, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on competence, performance, and business needs.
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