Product Engineer

At Expliseat, we are reinventing the way people travel. Since 2012, our patented ultra-lightweight aircraft seats have lightened aircraft, reduced their fuel consumption and limited their CO₂ emissions. With more than 10,000 seats already in flight around the world, we are the leader in ultra-lightweight seats for regional aviation and we are accelerating in the medium-haul segment.

Our mission? To combine performance, comfort and a positive environmental impact.

Join a passionate team where innovation, agility and boldness are at the heart of every project, and help decarbonise the mobility of tomorrow ✈️.

Your mission at Expliseat:

You will be responsible for the full development of a range of seats on a given platform. You will work across the entire product lifecycle, from the design phase (defining architectures, steering mechanical studies and sub-assemblies), through certification by the competent authorities, to its evolution.

Your objective: to ensure technical consistency, regulatory compliance and the overall performance of the seat throughout its entire lifetime.

Your main responsibilities:

1. Lead the development and ETSO certification

• Supervise the development of a range of seats on a given platform, from the definition of the concept through to obtaining final ETSO certification.
• Ensure cross-functional coordination of mechanical design, simulation calculations and testing, guaranteeing compliance with aviation standards and the specific requirements of customers.
• As technical lead of the project, work closely with internal teams (Design, Simulation, Certification, Project Management…) and external partners (suppliers, laboratories, authorities).
• Write the specifications to define precisely the requirements for the seat sub-assemblies with the Modules and Advanced Concepts teams.
• Prepare and actively take part in design reviews to validate technical choices and development progress.
• Take part in organising test campaigns and manage the certification technical documentation (drawings, validations, MasterBOM, test reports…).

2. Ensure product performance and quality

• Be responsible for the mass, cost, comfort, aesthetic and mechanical performance objectives of the product.
• Analyse and validate the integration of sub-assemblies into the seat structure and their interfaces with the modules.
• Propose innovative technical solutions to meet customer needs.
• Ensure traceability and compliance of the product throughout the development process.

3. Support production launch and product evolution

• Work closely with the Manufacturing teams to ensure the manufacturability, repeatability and quality of the product from the first prototypes through to series production.
• Prepare and validate series seat configurations for the factory (FAI, series production).
• Be the guardian of the seat range throughout its series life and lead the evolutions or improvements required in operation.
• Actively take part in evolution projects or new variants (Business Class, Recline, etc.).

Your profile:

• Engineering degree in mechanics, aeronautics or product design.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience developing complex products in an industrial environment (ideally aerospace).
• Solid understanding of aviation standards and the ETSO certification process.
• Proficiency in CAD tools (SolidWorks or equivalent).
• Experience developing Business Class seats would be a major asset.
• Professional English essential.
• Autonomy, technical rigour, pragmatism, attention to detail and a strong ability to work in a team

Why join us

- Contribute to a more environmentally responsible industry

- Join a passionate and agile team, where every idea counts

- Work in an innovative, fast-growing company

All our positions are open to people with disabilities.