Sr. Mechanical Engineer
OSI Maritime Systems (UK), 8-10B Dragoon House, Waterlooville, Hampshire, United Kingdom Req #171 March 8, 2024
The Job
The Senior Mechanical Engineer is part of the engineering team that develops marine navigation and bridge systems for OSI’s government and naval markets that offer market leading performance and reliability, minimize production costs and are maintainable over an extended lifecycle. The Senior Mechanical Engineer 4 leads and executed the mechanical design.
Main Responsibilities
1. Leads detailed studies, experiments, research and tests in contributing to the design and development of navigation and bridge system products to established codes, standards, drawings, specifications and customer requirements, for both commercial and military customers
2. Leads the mechanical design effort based on COTS, military grade products and customized solutions which includes the approval of parts and components
3. Writes and maintains Company’s mechanical engineering standards and best practices
4. Trains and mentors Mechanical Engineers on Company’s mechanical standards and best practices
5. Approves elements of the Company’s parts database
6. Interprets, analyzes, and approves hardware requirements, hardware design documents, and ensures the proposed solution meets the stated requirements
7. Prepares and approves written plans, calculations, designs, specifications and material lists
8. Leads and reviews technical tasks requiring accuracy of calculations, completeness of data and adherence to prescribed methods
9. Provides design information and guidance to support personnel and, occasionally to suppliers, in preparation of detailed design, design testing and prototype fabrication.
10. Ensures that designs meet system, customer and budgetary requirements and are compliant with industry and government standards
11. Clearly communicates technical and design documentation to other departments
12. Through the application of Engineering expertise and analysis, ensure mechanical designs are optimized for manufacturability, weight and cost. Work closely with Production to understand, develop, and refine assembly drawings and instructions.
13. Conducts and provides technical support during qualification testing. Perform engineering tests such as thermal cycling, vibration and shock testing, in the environmental test lab for both qualification and design verification testing. Design mechanical tests and test fixtures. Document and analyze results. Write formal test reports.
14. Initiates and approves engineering change request (ECRs)
15. Follows and promotes workplace operating and environmental, health and safety procedures and guidelines.
You Bring
16. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering/Applied Science or equivalent and 12+ years of direct engineering design/analysis experience, including a minimum of 8 years in the naval/subsea/marine industry. Master of Engineering/Applied Science and Professional Engineer/ Chartered Engineer designation is desirable
17. Must obtain and maintain NATO secret security clearance
18. In-depth knowledge of product certification testing to civilian and military standards
19. Proven mechanical aptitude and ability to analyze and solve hardware problems
20. Familiarity with MS Office Suite and SharePoint
21. Working knowledge of peripheral equipment, test, diagnostic and measuring equipment
22. Ability to thrive as a leader and member of a Project team
23. Organized, able to handle multiple projects and prioritize workload
24. Experience implementing shipbuilding codes and standards for example: Lloyds Rules
25. Ability to lead design in a strategic manner taking into consideration reliability, ease of manufacture, and cost
26. Experience with the following is desirable:
27. Design for vibration and shock for shipboard environments (ie MIL-S-901D/MIL-DTL-901E, MIL-STD-167).
28. Design for assembly and manufacturing.
29. Failure mode avoidance, such as DFMEA and design for Six Sigma.
30. Design for cooling of electronics.
31. Design for harsh climatic environments and corrosive environments
32. Design of plastic, cast, sheet metal, machined and welded parts
33. Design for Human Factors, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Ingress Protection (IP)
34. Finite element analysis, thermal, structural and dynamic
35. Computational fluid dynamics for thermal analysis
36. Familiarity with SolidWorks, AutoCAD and FEA (ANSYS Workbench highly preferred)
37. Familiarity with naval platform environment
38. Marine design codes such as DNV and ABS
39. Structural design codes for aluminum design (Aluminum Design Manual) and steel design (AISC 360-10 or similar).