Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
About the role
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.
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