Design Manager - Simulation/Modelling
* £45,000 - £55,000 + excellent bens.
* Kidderminster, Worcestershire
The design department designs new and modified rocket motors and related systems. The department is also responsible for the analysis of rocket motor designs, including: Ballistic performance prediction and modelling, propellant charge and hardware stress analysis, and the provision of documentation service.
Responsibilities - Design Manager - Simulation/Modelling
The role holder is responsible for managing a team of design analysts and documentation configuration engineers, to manage the tasks, projects and activities of the department.
* Manage a team of analysts, documentation configuration engineers to deliver the functions and key objectives of the team in line with business plan and requirements.
* Plan and prioritise immediate tasks with team for immediate and mid-term requirements.
* Manage inputs into the design manual for capturing knowledge management for the engineering department.
* Develop and implement strategy to improve the analysis capability
* Responsible for ensuring accurate ballistic and stress analysis.
* Responsible for ensuring high quality documentation configuration and seek to improve OTD of our deliverables.
* Report progress of tasks, issues and progress on a weekly basis.
* Monitor on time delivery of tasks, and take corrective action accordingly.
* Manage people strategy including; setting objectives, training and development for the team, recruitment, talent management and succession planning.
* Bids and pre-concept phase support / management.
* Lead on future propulsion concept scoping.
* Technical management – Project support, investigations, customer engagement etc.
Requirements - Design Manager - Simulation/Modelling
Candidates should have a formal qualification (HNC, HND or degree) with Physics, applied mathematics or relevant engineering discipline and should have previous proven relevant experience
* Leadership of technical projects
* Supervision or management of people
* Design of aerospace and defence products
* Environmental trials, e.g. simulated ageing, vibration
* Structural tests, e.g. launch and flight loads
* Product modelling software and techniques
* Customer design and production reviews
* Engineering drawing and configuration management
* Aerospace and defence standards