Junior Mechanical Engineer – Aerospace & Defense Systems

Ultra PCS; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday

Life assurance 4x annual salary

Flexible benefits package

Funded health benefits

Pension scheme – up to 8% employer

Team events

Job summary

Ultra Precision Control Systems in Cheltenham is seeking an entry-level Mechanical Engineer to join our engineering function. The role provides supervision and mentoring to develop capability in mechanical design and manufacturing support.

You will assist with technical documents, estimates, and drawings, while liaising with manufacturing and supply chain. A degree in mechanical engineering and good communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Entry-level with supervision and mentoring
• Willingness to work with supervision to grow capability

Responsibilities

• Prepare technical documents and design data with oversight
• Understand requirements under supervision
• Provide engineering support to manufacturing and supply chain
• Produce engineering estimates for contributions
• Communicate ideas to peers and managers under supervision
• Liaise with Commercial, Finance and Supply chain
• Author documents in PLM and release via ECR
• Understand configuration and change management under supervision
• Consider security, export licences and ITAR guidance
• Design mechanical assemblies under supervision with DFx awareness
• Read and lay out drawings to British/International Standards
• Basic awareness of electrical wiring, electronics and software
• Perform basic FEA under supervision
• Awareness of APQP/PPAP with AS9145
• Understand environmental requirements
• Use Microsoft packages and related software

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Communication skills

Reading drawings

FEA basics

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLM tooling

DFM/DFT

APQP/PPAP

ECR process

Job description

Ultra Precision Control Systems in Cheltenham is seeking an entry-level Mechanical Engineer to join our engineering function. The role provides supervision and mentoring to develop capability in mechanical design and manufacturing support.

You will assist with technical documents, estimates, and drawings, while liaising with manufacturing and supply chain. A degree in mechanical engineering and good communication are essential.