Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will be part of a multidisciplinary team working on exciting defence and maritime projects.
Responsibilities
* Supporting the definition of Mechanical architecture, system and sub‑system requirements and their validation and verification.
* Support to developing, documenting and delivering viable mechanical solutions for complex systems using the company engineering toolsets.
* Creation and peer review of technical artefacts, including mechanical design documentation, design data packs, analysis, plans and procedures in accordance with our product development framework.
* Development of the project mechanical test solution, and test procedures to support the verification of the hardware.
* Supporting the mechanical integration, verification and acceptance testing collecting and presenting evidence as necessary.
* Prepare and present mechanical technical solutions and risks to stakeholders (internal and external).
* Provision of in‑service and production support to internal and external customers.
* May act in technical led role on specific projects or activities.
* Support the continuous improvement of the Mechanical Engineering function, including processes and tools.
* Adhere to the company’s mechanical engineering processes and procedures.
* Coaching and mentoring of more junior Engineers.
Experience needed
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
* Experience across the whole project lifecycle of developing mechanical solutions against design brief/requirements set.
* Experience in mechanical design and documentation using MCAD, MCAE, PLM and ERP toolsets (Solidworks, Creo, Autodesk Inventor, Windchill, IFS or similar).
* A good understanding of key mechanical engineering principles e.g. material selection, assembly techniques and manufacturing processes.
* Hands‑on experience of designing complex systems involving multiple engineering disciplines and understanding of associated challenges and risks.
* Successful delivery of reliable solutions to time‑scale and requirements.
* Experience of designing products in the Defence domain (preferably Maritime).
* Experience of using mechanical design analysis techniques and toolsets to evaluate different potential solutions e.g. trade‑studies, calculations, modelling and simulation.
* A team‑oriented individual that works collaboratively to achieve team goals.
* Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a deadline‑oriented environment.
Working
* The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company sites in the UK. Office site presence, anticipated 2/3 days onsite, depending on project needs.
* All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and be a sole / dual British national.
Company overview
* Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?
* The company have a number of awards, most recently been named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!
Benefits
* Optional 9 day fortnight
* TOIL
* 1pm finish on a Friday
* Annual bonus
* 25 days holiday
* Christmas shut down.
* Option to buy or sell holiday.
* Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
* Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
* 4 x annual salary life cover
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing
Industries
* Engineering Services, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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