Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen with our client for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join them on a 6‑month contract. The successful candidate will develop products to meet customer needs and progress developmental designs into production environments, working closely with suppliers on technical queries.
Key Details
- 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
Responsibilities
- Carry out mechanical design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, including both individual parts and assemblies.
- Support and liaise with manufacturing to resolve manufacturing problems and defects.
- Support functional and 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, challenging extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity.
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience using Creo 3D design tool.
- Appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.
- Knowledge of several of the following:
- Manufacturing processes
- Tolerance studies
- Environmental test
- Mass property calculations
- Material selection
- FMEA
- Design for Manufacture/Assembly
- Environmental gasket sealing
- Structural design
- Defence standards
- Review processes
- Product lifecycles
- Industrial validation
- Ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and to partake in or host design reviews.
If you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to Natalie Dalkin at Line Up Aviation.
