Mechanical Design Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

MERITUS is recruiting a Mechanical Design Engineer for a six month contract at their site in Bristol. The role focuses on mechanical design and proving activities for prime and variant products, working closely with manufacturing and suppliers to resolve issues and support tests.

You will contribute to design reviews and iterate on requirements to reduce lead time and complexity, with exposure to cutting-edge mechanical technologies in a defence context.

Qualifications

• Experience using Creo 3D design tool.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, tolerance studies, environmental testing, mass property calculations, material selection, FMEA, and DFMA.
• Environmental gasket sealing, tooling/fixtures design, structural design and defence standards familiarity.
• Ability to work in a multifunctional engineering team and participate in design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies.
• Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems & defects.
• Support to functional & environmental testing and trials.
• Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.
• Planning and reporting on own day-to-day activities to meet project milestones.
• Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity

Skills

Creo

Manufacturing processes

Tolerance studies

Environmental test

Mass properties

Material selection

FMEA

Design for Manufacture

Gasket sealing

Tooling design

Structural design

Defence standards

Design reviews

Product lifecycles

Industrial validation

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

Creo 3D

Job description

MERITUS are recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our client within the sovereign defence industry on an initial 6 month contract from their site in Bristol.

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £50 PER HOUR - BRISTOL - ELIGIBLE FOR SC - 6 MONTHS - 37 HOUR WEEK - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS - 4 DAYS A WEEK ON SITE

An opportunity to become part of Europe's No. 1 Missile Systems Designer, as a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will work closely with other functional teams, to develop products to meet our customer's needs. Within this role you will have the opportunity to undertake cutting-edge research of novel mechanical technologies to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Carry out Mechanical Design and proving activities as part of a wider team for prime and variant products, of both piece parts and assemblies.
• Support/liaise with manufacturing, resolving manufacturing problems & defects.
• Support to functional & environmental testing and trials.
• Liaise with suppliers/purchasing to resolve any technical queries that may arise.
• Planning and reporting on own day-to-day activities to meet project milestones.
• Gain clarification of and help to generate requirements, including challenging of extraneous requirements to reduce lead time, UPC and design complexity

Skillset/experience required:

• Experience using Creo 3D design tool
• Knowledge of several of the following:
• Manufacturing processes
• Tolerance studies
• Environmental test
• Mass property calculations
• Material selection
• FMEA
• Design for Manufacture/Assembly
• Environmental Gasket Sealing
• Tooling/fixtures design
• Structural design
• Defence Standards
• Review processes
• Product Lifecycles
• Industrial validation
• An ability to work as part of a multifunctional engineering team and be able to partake in or host design reviews.
• An appreciation of other engineering areas/domains.