Mechanical Design Engineer

Saab AB; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab UK is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to support the Head of Engineering in multidisciplinary design challenges for unmanned systems. You will lead design activities, manage requirements, and collaborate on integration, manufacturing and testing across UK sites.

Travel within the UK may be required. You will contribute to DFMEA, risk assessments and documentation, while translating customer requirements into robust engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• SolidWorks experience with solid modelling, surfacing, assemblies & BoM.
• Experience producing engineering drawings to recognised standards.
• Experience supporting product development from concept to design, manufacture and test.
• Ability to perform basic FEA/CFD analyses to support design decisions.
• Understanding of material selection and manufacturing for metallic/composite components.
• Understanding of DFMA principles.
• Experience developing prototypes and supporting integration/testing.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day CAD design activities and manage multidisciplinary design requirements across aerospace development projects.
• Support the delivery of assigned work packages, ensuring progress against schedule, cost and risk objectives.
• Contribute to design, integration, verification, and test activities throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Select materials and manufacturing methods for composite and metallic aerospace components.
• Support payload & propulsion system integration activities, including all-electric propulsion & eVTOL applications, while working with aircraft concepts team to assess aircraft performance impacts & contributing to aircraft-level optimisation.
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation, specifications, DFMEAs, and risk assessments.
• Engage with customers to understand requirements and apply emerging technologies where appropriate.
• Assist programme management activities, including estimating, planning, dependency management and progress tracking.

Skills

Product development

DFMA

Material selection

Customer requirements

Prototype support

Engineering analysis

FEA & CFD basics

Education

Mechanical/Aerospace degree

Tools

SolidWorks

DFMEA

Job description

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

What you will be part of

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.

Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.

Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

The Role:

This role is part of the Saab UK Bluebear Business based in Bedfordshire. Your role as a Mechanical Design Engineer will be to support Head of Engineering on multidisciplinary design challenges involved in the development of unmanned systems. This represents an exciting opportunity to provide technical leadership of innovative products including requirement management, design, integration, manufacturing and testing. Some travel within the UK may be required for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day CAD design activities and manage multidisciplinary design requirements across aerospace development projects
• Support the delivery of assigned work packages, ensuring progress against schedule, cost and risk objectives
• Contribute to design, integration, verification, and test activities throughout the product development lifecycle
• Select materials and manufacturing methods for composite and metallic aerospace components
• Support payload & propulsion system integration activities, including all-electric propulsion & eVTOL applications, while working with aircraft concepts team to assess aircraft performance impacts & contributing to aircraft-level optimisation
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation, specifications, DFMEAs, and risk assessments
• Engage with customers to understand requirements and apply emerging technologies where appropriate
• Assist programme management activities, including estimating, planning, dependency management and progress tracking

Required Qualifications/Skills

• Degree/HND in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or other related engineering discipline
• Experience using SolidWorks including solid modelling, surfacing, assemblies, detailing and BoM creation
• Experience producing engineering drawings and technical documentation to recognised standards
• Experience supporting product development from concept through detailed design, manufacture, assembly and test
• Ability to perform first-pass engineering analysis (basic FEA & CFD) to support design decisions
• Understanding of material selection and manufacturing processes for metallic and composite components
• Understanding of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) principles
• Experience developing prototypes and supporting integration and testing activities
• Ability to understand and translate customer requirements into engineering solutions

Desired Qualifications/Skills

• Experience within the aerospace, UAV, defence, space, or advanced air mobility sectors

Regardless of whether you value cutting edge technology, creativity or an innovative environment, everyone at Saab contributes to keeping people and society safe.