Principal Mechanical Design Engineer (BBBH18360) Stevenage, England
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Salary: GBP 40 - 50 per hour
An opportunity has arisen with my client for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join them on a 6‑month contract. As the Principal Mechanical Design Engineer you will develop products to meet customers’ needs and will perform a range of engineering activities, including progressing developmental designs into production environments and working with suppliers on technical queries.
Role: Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
Pay: £40 - £50 per hour via umbrella
Location: Stevenage or Bristol
Contract: 6 months
Hours: Monday – Friday, 37 hours per week
Security Clearance: Security Cleared; can start on BPSS, UK Eyes only
* Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies.
* Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems & defects.
* Support functional & environmental testing and trials.
* Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.
* Plan and report on own day‑to‑day activities to meet project milestones.
* Clarify and help generate requirements, including challenging extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity.
Skills / Experience
* An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.
* Knowledge of several of the following:
o Manufacturing processes
o Tolerance studies
o Environmental testing
o Mass property calculations
o Material selection
o FMEA
o Design for Manufacture/Assembly
o Environmental gasket sealing
o Structural design
o Defence standards
o Review processes
o Product lifecycles
o Industrial validation
* Ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and to partake in or host design reviews.
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