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The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will be part of a multi-disciplinary team working on exciting defence and maritime projects.
The Mechanical Engineering function is responsible for the design, development, test, and documentation of mechanical assemblies for products, which includes new development, change orders, process improvements, and documentation.
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will support designs throughout the concept, development and production stages of the system life cycle.
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 timescale 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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