Senior Aeronautical Product Support Engineer Gear/Actuators

Our Client is a solid and established industrial company, an international leader in the design and production of components and solutions for the aeronautical and general aviation sectors. To increase its Product Support Engineering staff, they have entrusted us with the selection of the following:

Senior Product Support Engineer – Aeronautical Sector Key responsibilities

The candidate will collaborate with and lead the Product Support Engineering team within the Aircraft Systems business unit cross-functionally to provide timely technical support services, facilitate rapid and accurate issue resolution, and influence product improvements through scalable processes, tools, and cross-functional collaboration. Specifically, the role will include the following responsibilities:

• Respond to customer issues / requests and provide remote or on-site assistance by troubleshooting and resolving technical problems.
• Develop and maintain duly updated knowledge of the company's products to support installations, configurations, and maintenance, including troubleshooting guides, technical bulletins, and other service documentation.
• Communicate with customers to understand their needs, address complaints, and provide updates on their technical issues.
• Work with product development, engineering, and design teams to resolve product issues and suggest improvements, by also, but not limited to, serving as a liaison between customers and the above engineering teams. Establish a structured feedback loop from field issues to product backlog, including severity, frequency, and impact analysis.
• Define and execute, when required, enablement programs for customers and internal teams (training, workshops, webinars). Select, implement, and optimize support platforms (CRM, ticketing, telemetry, remote diagnostics, log analysis, FRACAS) to build dashboards and reporting to measure health, usage patterns, product issues, and support outcomes.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Airworthiness, Certification, Quality, Field Ops, and MRO partners. Coordinate the activities of product support engineering in charge to all the existing plants within the Aircraft System BU (Italy and abroad).

Required skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical engineering, or related field; or equivalent aerospace experience with landing gear expertise.
• Solid experience in aerospace product support, maintenance, technical support engineering, or related roles (preferably in aerospace mechanical and hydraulic systems, actuators and landing gears).
• Strong troubleshooting across actuators and landing gear subsystems: hydraulic circuits, hydraulic power units, hydraulic actuators, gear doors, brake interface, steering actuators, position sensors, and associated avionics interfaces.
• Excellent communication; ability to translate technical details for maintenance crews, flight crews, and executives.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a regulated, fast-paced environment. Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving mindset.
• Fluent written and spoken Italian and English.
• Willingness and ability to travel for meetings and assistance on-site.

Desired technical competencies/knowledge

• Safety and reliability: hazard analysis, fault tree analysis, safety case articulation, and integration with airworthiness processes.
• CAD (Catia) and systems integration awareness for landing gear layout, mounting points, and structural interfaces.
• Support Ticketing and Incident Management
• MTTR for landing gear/actuator issues; return-to-service time for gear-down reliability.
• Optional: knowledge of DO-254/DO-178C considerations for any embedded actuation controllers.

Location: Province of Novara (Piedmont, Italy)

Annuncio valido fino a: 05-Feb-2027

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