Product Development Manager – Seattle area
Lead the launch and development of an innovative new product through the FAA Certification process. Individual should have 8+ years of experience with engineering of flight avionics equipment. Certification knowledge should include FAA DO-160/DO-178 or DOD equivalents. Education and hands-on design in a core engineering discipline (EE, SW, ME, AERO) and a proven track record of taking an aviation product through STC required. Piloting background desired.
Individual should have 4+ years of management experience in the aviation industry. Skills should include hiring of engineering personnel, cost/schedule planning, and strong technical leadership. Fluency with MS Office and MS Project desired.
Qualified candidates should send an updated resume in MS Word format to info@worldteksolutions.com
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
advancements in avionics - perspective
I guess this is the right place for this piece.
It really amazes as to how much of the pilot/co-pilot/flight engineer's work load has been taken over by stupendous electronics like FMS/FCS. This with the advancement in flight deck technology has made the flight deck uncluttered and so well laid out with aesthetics and all ergonomics taken care of. Spice it up with Synthetic Vision and HUDs. You can notice the wide difference when u notice with a comparitive eye, the cockpits of the yet to be made public the 787 and lets say.....the concorde.The cockpit seems to be drifting towards a more comfort and cozy zone. At this point we start to wonder...at least i do.......is there something that the pilots crib for even now? Do the pilots still have some pain points which have not been taken care of? Are they asking for more when it comes to betterment of the flight deck technology.....or the aerospace technology in general? On a broader note...what would Boeing and Airbus look for if they design an airplane in the future (maybe their next one)? Where are we on a scale of 10..if we want to evaluate parameters depicting the maturity of the aerospace technology?
It really amazes as to how much of the pilot/co-pilot/flight engineer's work load has been taken over by stupendous electronics like FMS/FCS. This with the advancement in flight deck technology has made the flight deck uncluttered and so well laid out with aesthetics and all ergonomics taken care of. Spice it up with Synthetic Vision and HUDs. You can notice the wide difference when u notice with a comparitive eye, the cockpits of the yet to be made public the 787 and lets say.....the concorde.The cockpit seems to be drifting towards a more comfort and cozy zone. At this point we start to wonder...at least i do.......is there something that the pilots crib for even now? Do the pilots still have some pain points which have not been taken care of? Are they asking for more when it comes to betterment of the flight deck technology.....or the aerospace technology in general? On a broader note...what would Boeing and Airbus look for if they design an airplane in the future (maybe their next one)? Where are we on a scale of 10..if we want to evaluate parameters depicting the maturity of the aerospace technology?
Saturday, June 7, 2008
ION-GNSS
This is regarding the Institute of Navigation Symposium - GNSS sometime in September.
What would be the Return on Investment if i plan to attend the Symposium? Is it just one more Symposium or does it really provide somebody with something to bring back. Is it recommended to spend so much on a symposium?
http://www.ion.org/meetings/#gnss
What would be the Return on Investment if i plan to attend the Symposium? Is it just one more Symposium or does it really provide somebody with something to bring back. Is it recommended to spend so much on a symposium?
http://www.ion.org/meetings/#gnss
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Business Aviation booming despite US economic slowdown
Business aviation seems to have decoupled from the tight dependency it once had on the fortunes of the US economy. Despite the slowdown of the US economy (annual growth of only 0.9% reported in Q1 '08), the rest of the world - and in particular the world's emerging markets - are reaping the benefits of globalization and continue experiencing robust economic growth in the high single or even double digits.
Record 2007 business aircraft deliveries and upbeat forecasts for the coming years are being reported by most OEMs. While a mild slowdown is predicted after 2010-11 based on previous economic patterns, continued orders from areas such as the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India, and China - are fueling the market's optimism.
Consequently, a number of aerospace companies have recently announced plans to develop new business airplane models, which bodes well for the aviation job market in the years ahead. This comes in the context of a move to the right in Boeing's and Airbus' plans to revamp their respective single aisle offerings.
Among new airplane models in development, Bombardier launched the Learjet 85 in February '08 - a clean-sheet design in the mid-size market that will compete against the G150, Cessna Citation Sovereign, and Hawker 900XP. In partnership with Grob Aerospace - the German composite specialist that is building the prototype, Bombardier went for an all-composite aircraft design for the Learjet 85, which will allow it to reduce the aiplane's total cost of ownership. The company is hiring in a variety of disciplines - Systems Safety, Loads Analysis, Stress, Landing Gear, Flight Controls, etc. - at its facilities in Wichita, KS.
In the super mid-size market, Dassault started development last year on the SMS/5X that is due to enter into service in 2014. The SMS is intended to replace the Falcon 50EX - a model that ceased production in early 2008. The SMS will be assembled next to the Falcon7X expansion line at the new company facilities in Merignac, near Bordeaux. EU citizenship, fluency in French and English and expertise in one of the following areas - Mechanical Engineering, Business Inteligence, Project Management, Software Engineering - may be a good start for anyone interested to work on the SMS.
Moving to the upper market segment, Gulfstream launched in April '08 the ultra-long-range G650, another clean-sheet design that has raised a great deal of interest in the market place, in particular from China and the Middle East. With deliveries planned to start in 2012, the G650 will be flying at M0.925 and take over from Cessna Citation X the bragging rights for the world's fastest civil jet aircraft. The company has embarked on a facility expansion program at its facilities in Savanah, Georgia and is hiring both permament and contract for positions in Airplane Performance, Structural Design, Composite Stress Analyst, Systems Safety Engineering, MRB, etc.
Such programs drive additional development work for Tier 1 and 2 suppliers of aircraft systems, including state-of-the-art avionics systems, such as fly-by-wire flight control systems, flight and head-up displays, flight management systems, or autopilot systems. Companies such as Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, or GE Aviation are the beneficiary of such growth trends in business aviation.
Cessna, Embraer, Eclipse - have their own development programs in work that target specific market niches. When the surge in demand for VIP versions of Boeing and Airbus models are added - and, with that the growth in completion center/STC type work that it entails - one has good reasons to remain optimistic about the prospects of business aviation in the years ahead.
MG
Record 2007 business aircraft deliveries and upbeat forecasts for the coming years are being reported by most OEMs. While a mild slowdown is predicted after 2010-11 based on previous economic patterns, continued orders from areas such as the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India, and China - are fueling the market's optimism.
Consequently, a number of aerospace companies have recently announced plans to develop new business airplane models, which bodes well for the aviation job market in the years ahead. This comes in the context of a move to the right in Boeing's and Airbus' plans to revamp their respective single aisle offerings.
Among new airplane models in development, Bombardier launched the Learjet 85 in February '08 - a clean-sheet design in the mid-size market that will compete against the G150, Cessna Citation Sovereign, and Hawker 900XP. In partnership with Grob Aerospace - the German composite specialist that is building the prototype, Bombardier went for an all-composite aircraft design for the Learjet 85, which will allow it to reduce the aiplane's total cost of ownership. The company is hiring in a variety of disciplines - Systems Safety, Loads Analysis, Stress, Landing Gear, Flight Controls, etc. - at its facilities in Wichita, KS.
In the super mid-size market, Dassault started development last year on the SMS/5X that is due to enter into service in 2014. The SMS is intended to replace the Falcon 50EX - a model that ceased production in early 2008. The SMS will be assembled next to the Falcon7X expansion line at the new company facilities in Merignac, near Bordeaux. EU citizenship, fluency in French and English and expertise in one of the following areas - Mechanical Engineering, Business Inteligence, Project Management, Software Engineering - may be a good start for anyone interested to work on the SMS.
Moving to the upper market segment, Gulfstream launched in April '08 the ultra-long-range G650, another clean-sheet design that has raised a great deal of interest in the market place, in particular from China and the Middle East. With deliveries planned to start in 2012, the G650 will be flying at M0.925 and take over from Cessna Citation X the bragging rights for the world's fastest civil jet aircraft. The company has embarked on a facility expansion program at its facilities in Savanah, Georgia and is hiring both permament and contract for positions in Airplane Performance, Structural Design, Composite Stress Analyst, Systems Safety Engineering, MRB, etc.
Such programs drive additional development work for Tier 1 and 2 suppliers of aircraft systems, including state-of-the-art avionics systems, such as fly-by-wire flight control systems, flight and head-up displays, flight management systems, or autopilot systems. Companies such as Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, or GE Aviation are the beneficiary of such growth trends in business aviation.
Cessna, Embraer, Eclipse - have their own development programs in work that target specific market niches. When the surge in demand for VIP versions of Boeing and Airbus models are added - and, with that the growth in completion center/STC type work that it entails - one has good reasons to remain optimistic about the prospects of business aviation in the years ahead.
MG
Sunday, June 1, 2008
SSJ 100 Maiden Flight
In keeping with the topic of this month's poll, we'll take a look in the next few articles at recent aviation developments in the emerging markets.
With an aviation tradition than spans over many decades, Russia is taking steps towards rebuilding its presence on the global civil aviation market with the successful first flight of its SSJ100 prototype on May 19, 2008.
According to the company website, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 took off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur airport for a 65 min. flight during which time the aircraft flew over the runway four times at various elevations, completed a box pattern span, and reached the mission's maximum altitude of roughly 4,000 ft.
Chief Pilot, Alexander Yablontsev, expressed satisfaction with the airplane's handling and compared it with piloting Airbus or Boeing aircraft.
The SSJ100 is the first of a planned family of regional jet aircraft seating 75-95 passangers that will compete against established players, such as Brazil's Embraer and Canada's Bombardier family of airplanes. Sukhoi forecasts a global demand of 5,400 such aircraft through 2024, of which it targets to capture 800 aircraft or roughly 15% of the market. Similar market studies from other OEMs seem to validate Sukhoi's forecast.
SSJ100 is a global program that relies on a network of 30 western system and component suppliers and counts Alenia Aeronautica and Snecma as risk sharing partners. Boeing Commercial Airplanes group offers consultancy support.
With an aviation tradition than spans over many decades, Russia is taking steps towards rebuilding its presence on the global civil aviation market with the successful first flight of its SSJ100 prototype on May 19, 2008.
According to the company website, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 took off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur airport for a 65 min. flight during which time the aircraft flew over the runway four times at various elevations, completed a box pattern span, and reached the mission's maximum altitude of roughly 4,000 ft.
Chief Pilot, Alexander Yablontsev, expressed satisfaction with the airplane's handling and compared it with piloting Airbus or Boeing aircraft.
The SSJ100 is the first of a planned family of regional jet aircraft seating 75-95 passangers that will compete against established players, such as Brazil's Embraer and Canada's Bombardier family of airplanes. Sukhoi forecasts a global demand of 5,400 such aircraft through 2024, of which it targets to capture 800 aircraft or roughly 15% of the market. Similar market studies from other OEMs seem to validate Sukhoi's forecast.
SSJ100 is a global program that relies on a network of 30 western system and component suppliers and counts Alenia Aeronautica and Snecma as risk sharing partners. Boeing Commercial Airplanes group offers consultancy support.
Monday, May 26, 2008
British Airways, Terminal 5
I'm planning to fly British Airways using Terminal 5 in the near future.... Has anyone flown BA into T5 lately and do you know if service issues have been resolved?...Last thing I need is to have my trip ruined due to lost luggage in London.... Thanks.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Welcome to Aviator's Blog...
Why an Aviation blog, you may ask...because despite all the bad press on air travel delays, etc., some very cool and exciting things are hapenning in aviation: commercial airplanes made out of composites, amazing engine technology with ever lower emissions, lower fuel consumption, and lower noise, the deployment of new ATM system, the launch of the Galileo constellation, the (re)emergence of new aerospace powerhouses in Russia, India, China, the VLJ phenomena, and so on...This all leads to new business opportunities and new jobs both here in the US as well as all around the world.
Pick a topic...and feel free to share your thoughts and perspectives with us.
MG
Why an Aviation blog, you may ask...because despite all the bad press on air travel delays, etc., some very cool and exciting things are hapenning in aviation: commercial airplanes made out of composites, amazing engine technology with ever lower emissions, lower fuel consumption, and lower noise, the deployment of new ATM system, the launch of the Galileo constellation, the (re)emergence of new aerospace powerhouses in Russia, India, China, the VLJ phenomena, and so on...This all leads to new business opportunities and new jobs both here in the US as well as all around the world.
Pick a topic...and feel free to share your thoughts and perspectives with us.
MG
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