Junior Mechanical Engineer - Arctic Field Hardware

Arctic Research and Development; Nordown; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance from Day 1

Equity - meaningful options as anearly

Real field exposure - travel to Arctic

Mission-driven culture - focus on real

Job summary

ARD is growing and we’re looking for a Junior Mechanical Engineer to support the design, build and deployment of our ruggedized hardware products - from-field ready energy systems to autonomous surface and subsurface platforms.

You’ll join our mechanical engineering team, which designs, builds and tests the hardware that has to operate reliably in the Arctic. You’ll report to our Lead Mechanical Engineer and work closely with our Mechanical Engineer and CTO.

Qualifications

• A degree in mechanical engineering (BEng or above).
• Hands-on experience building, assembling or fabricating mechanical assemblies.
• Ability to understand loads and carry out engineering hand calculations.
• Ability to produce engineering drawings and 3D models in CAD.
• Willingness to make practical build and technician work a core part of the role.
• Comfortable owning tasks on a project with guidance from senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and assemble product units through the first multi-unit production run.
• Run test phases and record results to fix issues before customer delivery.
• Translate workshop learnings into design improvements with senior engineers.
• Produce engineering drawings and CAD models; perform load calculations.
• Move to additional products after current product is established and tested.

Skills

Hands-on workshop

Mechanical design

Engineering calculations

CAD modeling

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

ARD is growing and we’re looking for a Junior Mechanical Engineer to support the design, build and deployment of our ruggedized hardware products - from-field ready energy systems to autonomous surface and subsurface platforms.

You’ll join our mechanical engineering team, which designs, builds and tests the hardware that has to operate reliably in the Arctic. You’ll report to our Lead Mechanical Engineer and work closely with our Mechanical Engineer and CTO.