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Base pay: Up to £85,700 (dependent on skills and experience). Part‑time with accruing hours available.
Location: Isle of Wight - Cowes. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Responsibilities
* Carry out detailed mechanical design and analysis activities to support the development of a complex new product.
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure mechanical solutions align with overall system requirements.
* Act as the Mechanical Design Authority, providing expert‑level input across the full product lifecycle.
* Apply subject matter expertise in key mechanical areas such as thermal management, structural integrity, or material selection.
* Ensure design compliance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and internal processes.
* Support design reviews, technical assessments, and the implementation of design changes as needed.
Qualifications
* Demonstrable subject matter expertise in at least one area of Mechanical Engineering (e.g. thermal systems, structures, CFD, FEA, or propulsion), with the ability to provide authoritative technical input.
* Proven experience in complex mechanical design, including the design, build, integration, and testing of advanced mechanical systems or products.
* Ability to collate, interpret and translate requirements into effective mechanical design solutions throughout the engineering lifecycle.
* Familiarity with modelling and simulation tools used for mechanical analysis, such as those assessing structural behaviour under static and dynamic loads.
* Comfortable working within engineering governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with relevant standards, processes, and best practices.
* Ideally holds Chartered Engineer status or has equivalent experience and qualifications in a mechanical engineering discipline.
Benefits
* Competitive pension scheme.
* Employee share plans.
* Extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts.
* Potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior Level.
Employment type: Full‑time.
Job function: Management and Manufacturing.
Closing Date: 7th November 2025.
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