Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
Posted 4 days ago by Totaljobs
£50 Per hour
Undetermined
Undetermined
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2DA
Summary: This role offers an opportunity to join Europe's leading Missile Systems Designer as a Mechanical Design Engineer. The position involves collaboration with various functional teams to develop products that meet customer requirements, while also engaging in a range of engineering activities from design to production. The engineer will work within a multi-disciplinary team, addressing technical queries and supporting manufacturing processes. Key responsibilities include mechanical design, testing, and supplier liaison to ensure project milestones are met.
Key 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.
Key Skills:
- 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, 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.
Salary (Rate): £50 per hour
City: Stevenage
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Engineering
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 work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to perform a range of engineering activities including progressing developmental designs into production environments and working with suppliers on technical queries.
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
- 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.