Mechanical Architect

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

MERITUS is recruiting a Mechanical Architect to work on missile programmes at their Stevenage site. The role is a 6‑month project with a high likelihood of extension and is inside IR35.

The successful candidate will lead mechanical architecture tasks, manage interfaces, and deliver design certification artefacts with on-site involvement required 3–4 days per week.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in missile mechanical design and architecture.
• Ability to manage internal and sub-contract activities.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel within UK and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Establish the Missile Airframe TRS to ensure a structured mechanical response.
• Manage mechanical interfaces with the launcher and across the missile.
• Define the optimal mechanical architecture for all variants.
• Develop proving logic and evidence for design certification.
• Interact with customers and produce statements of work and plans.

Skills

Mechanical design

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Thermal management

Education

Degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Job description

MERITUS are recruiting for a Mechanical Architect to join our client to work on missile programmes from their site in Stevenage. The role is for an initial 6 month project but is very, very likely to extend.

MECHANICAL ARCHITECT - INSIDE IR35 - £60 PER HOUR - UMBRELLA - STEVENAGE (COULD CONSIDER BOLTON) - 6 MONTHS - SC CLEARED (OR WILLING TO UNDERGO) - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS - 3 / 4 DAYS ONSITE PER WEEK NEEDED

The role is responsible for the delivery of the missile mechanical architecture requirements and typical responsibilities include:

• Establishing the Missile Airframe Task Requirements Specification (TRS) to ensure a structured & coherent mechanical response to the overall Missile TRS
• Management of the mechanical interface with the launcher
• Management of Mechanical & Thermal Interfaces across the Missile
• Defining the optimum mechanical architecture for all variants of the missile, ensuring the mechanical architecture and interfaces meet requirements
• Implementation of GMA (Generic Missile Architecture) Policies to ensure Modularity & Reuse objectives are achieved
• Development of the overall proving logic for the validation of the Airframe
• Ensuring mechanical compliance to the Airframe TRS for missile certificate of design
• Interface with and manage customer expectations throughout the development process
• Producing Statements of Work and plans for activities within their sphere of responsibility
• Direct technical supervision of engineers within their team and indirect management of engineers in the extended project team
• Controlling assigned budgets, managing personal workload and identifying any further resource needs

Skillset/experience required:

Who and what we are looking for from you?

• Educated to degree level or an equivalent qualification having obtained significant experience of mechanical engineering
• Ability to technically manage internal & sub-contract activities
• Strong leadership skills, able to establish a clear engineering vision
• Good knowledge & experience of missile mechanical design, including: o Static & Dynamic Analysis o Design for Environment o Thermal Management
• Good understanding of broader engineering disciplines, including: o Aerodynamics o Testability o Production
• Experience developing proving logic and managing the generation of compliance evidence towards Certificates of Design
• Experience across the full Product Life Cycle
• Ability to influence senior managers and other stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and well developed communication skills (written & verbal)
• Willingness to travel within UK and Europe
• General competency with common IT systems (Outlook, Excell etc)