Arctic Field Mechanical Engineer - Hands-On to Design

Arctic Research and Development; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Private Health Insurance from Day 1

Dental & Vision

Equity for early employees

Real field exposure to Arctic sites

Mission-driven culture

Job summary

Arctic Research and Development is seeking a Junior Mechanical Engineer to design, build and deploy ruggedized hardware for Arctic environments. You’ll join the mechanical engineering team, start hands‑on building units, test them, and feed learnings back into design updates under guidance from senior engineers and the CTO.

You’ll begin with hands-on bench work and testing, then contribute to expanding product bandwidth and launching new systems in parallel as you grow into a design-focused role.

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent training.
• Hands-on experience building, assembling or fabricating mechanical assemblies.
• Ability to perform hand calculations for loads and forces.
• Ability to produce engineering drawings and 3D CAD models.
• Willingness to do practical build/technician work alongside design.
• Comfortable owning tasks on a project with guidance from senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and assemble product units through the first multi-unit production run, taking on hands-on workshop tasks to complete units to standard and on schedule.
• Run test phases alongside each build and record results to identify and fix issues before customers.
• Turn learnings from the workshop into design improvements with the Senior Mechanical Engineer.
• Produce engineering drawings and CAD models, and carry out load/force calculations.
• Move on to additional products once builds are established, applying the same build, test and improvement cycle.

Skills

Hands-on workshop experience

Mechanical design intuition

Strong problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

BEng or above (Mechanical Engineering)

Engineering degree apprenticeship

Tools

CAD

Job description

Arctic Research and Development is seeking a Junior Mechanical Engineer to design, build and deploy ruggedized hardware for Arctic environments. You’ll join the mechanical engineering team, start hands‑on building units, test them, and feed learnings back into design updates under guidance from senior engineers and the CTO.

You’ll begin with hands-on bench work and testing, then contribute to expanding product bandwidth and launching new systems in parallel as you grow into a design-focused role.