Mechanical Design Engineer Job Description
An opportunity to become part of Europe’s No. 1 Missile Systems Designer, as a Mechanical Design Engineer.
You will work closely with other functional teams, to develop products to meet our customer’s needs.
Within this role you will have the opportunity to undertake cutting-edge research of novel mechanical technologies to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Responsibilities
- Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies.
- Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems & defects.
- Support to functional & environmental testing and trials.
- Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.
- Planning and reporting on own day-to-day activities to meet project milestones.
- Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity.
Skillset/experience required
- Experience using Creo 3D design tool
- 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
- Tooling/fixtures design
- Structural design
- Defence Standards
- Review processes
- Product Lifecycles
- Industrial validation
- An ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and be able to partake in or host design reviews.
- An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.
Rate:
£50/hour
Location:
Stevenage
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
Engineering
Seniority Level:
Not Specified