Senior Mechanical Engineer

Typical duties include (but are not limited to):
• Lead the development of solutions to technical issues as a member of a project team, reporting to Technical Leads and directly to the customer.
• Developing design solutions based on customer or internally derived requirements, validating, and verifying through the design process.
• Review and check design work and technical reports, providing help and direction to less experienced engineers.
• Carrying out technical analysis and investigations, and preparing reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and the improvement of engineering capability.
• Planning, delivering, and monitoring assigned projects or work packages, ensuring that requirements are delivered to plan.
• Populate design development documentation using a Formal Design Review process (FDR) through the stages of:
o Requirements & Root Cause Analysis
o Developing Candidate Solutions
o Candidate down selection and risk reduction
o Development for manufacture
o Qualification
• Concept generation and development of weapons sub systems.
• Weight optimization of systems / structures via re-design and / or use of advanced materials.
• Develop designs in line with requirements and all quality and technical standards.
• Perform technical investigations, including evaluation of technical options, supporting calculations and preparation of reports with recommendations.
• Integration of sub-systems into an evolving product design, including laboratory tests, shop-floor development testing and off site trials.
• Participate in bid preparation to facilitate the development of successful bids.
• Participate in internal and external meetings or design reviews.
• Definition and control of interfaces via interface control drawings and space envelopes.
• Ensuring that the product will operate safely and reliably in the military operating environment, and can be manufactured cost effectively.
• Preparing drawings, and other technical outputs, consistent with the contractual requirements to meet target dates and budget demands.
• Support quality related to production NCR’s (non-conformance reports) and first article inspection.
• Interface with related supporting functions such as Procurement and Quality.
• Design of components for ease of manufacture and aiding in productionisation of products.

Essential
• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation / report writing skills
• Good communication skills and ability to operate at all levels within the company and with the customer
• Experienced in CAD (ideally PTC Creo)

Desirable
• Engineering background in a weapons system or design for military use.
• Structural / Stress analysis (MS Excel, Mathcad, FEA {PTC Simulate / Ansys})
• System control (Matlab /Simulink)
• Hydraulic system design
• Material selection and manufacturing techniques