Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Overview of department:

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